Africa Mid-Chapter Notes Check

Which type of physical feature covers most of Africa?

• Plateau

• Great Rift Valley

• Atlas Mountains

• Congo Basin

What physical feature could have impacted trade?

• Kalahari Deser

• Niger River

• Sahara Desert

• Great Rift Valley

Why did West Africa become the center of three large trade centers?

• salt

• diamonds

• gold

• oil

• copper

Salt was valuable in Medieval Africa.  Which of the following is NOT a reason it was so valuable.

• it was their only resource
• kept people healthy
• preserved food
• flavor food

The rainforest had many advantages for farmers including: rich soil, rainy weather, and...

• established vegetation

• salt mines

• warm climate

• animals

What word means a sailboat with a triangular wind-catching sail?

• dhow

• plateau

• griots

• Axum

Mali and Ghana were ruled the same way-with generals governing provinces

• True
• False

What religion dominated Northern Africa

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

Traditional religions were the main type of religion most regions EXCEPT:

• Southeast
• Central
• East Coast
• North

The role of ancestors in African religion was to solve problems and talk to the supreme god. 

• True
• False