Ancient Africa

The Nile branches into a ___________________ at its mouth near the Mediterranean Sea.

• delta
• floodplain
• silt
• cataract

Queen Hatshepsut erected several ____________________ to proclaim her glory as pharaoh.

• obelisks
• linen
• papyrus
• heiroglyphs

The ____________________ of the Bantu through Africa was a slow process that took thousands of years.

• migration
• animism
• succession
• obelisks

Pharaoh ____________________ ordered the construction of the largest pyramid ever built.

• Khufu
• Hatshepsu
• Ramses II
• Akhenaton

Oral history was passed along by a ____________________ in African societies.

• griot
• dynasty
• pharaoh
• scribe

Egyptians used the fertile soil near the Nile River to grow flax, which they used to make ____________________.

• linen
• papyrus
• delta
• obelisks

Early Egyptians were polytheistic and also believed in ____________________, or that everything posses a soul.

• animism
• succession
• afterlife
• embalm

The soil along the Nile's banks is very _________________________ due to the fact that the floods deposit minerals and silt there.

• fertile
• delta
• papyrus
• linen

The ____________________ people were the first in Africa to make iron.

• Nok
• Bantu
• Khufu
• Ramses II

In the South, the Nile River churns with waterfalls, which are also called ____________________.

• cataracts
• deltas
• floodplains
• papyrus