African Civilizations

Africa is a ______ ?

• Country

• Continent

• Planet

• none of the above

Scientists believe that the first humans appeared in Eastern Africa between ______?

• 150,000 to 200,000 years ago

• 400,000 to 600,000 years ago

• 1,500 to 5,000 years ago

• 100 to 200 years ago

People who move from place to place to hunt and gather food are called:

• Tribes

• Cowboys

• Hunter Gatherers

• Gypsies

Africa is the World's _______ continent.

• 5th Largest

• Largest

• 3rd Largest

• 2nd Largest

• 4th Largest

Africa is made up of ______ distinct geographic zones

• 4

• 5

• 1

• 3

• 9

Pick the correct 4 zones that make up Africa's distinct geographic regions.

• Tundra to the south

• Rain Forest at the Equator

• Savanna covering 40%

• Desert in the North

• Mediterranean

Choose the Rivers that are located on the continent of Africa.

• The Nile RIver

• The Congo River

• The Senegal River

• The Zambezi River

• The Niger River

What is a Savanna?

• Arid grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs

• A section of ocean with a high concentration of glaciers

• Tropical/Sub-tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs

• Half of my heart is in Savanna, ooh-na-na

  He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na

Africa is home to the Nile River. The Nile is also the longest river in the world, and source of the Amazon Civilization

• True

• False

What is a Rain-forest?

• A forest largely comprised of Rain trees

• A garden that grows golden gilded eggplants

• A dense forest with consistently high volumes of rainfall

• A forest that depends on rain to survive