The Rise of West African Civilizations

What was one of Africa's first civilizations called?

• Kenya

• South Africa

• Egypt

• Ghana

What is not a characteristic of the Rain forest?

• warm

• heavy rainfall

• some crops can grow

• uneven rainfall

What separated North Africa from the rest of Africa?

• A desert

• A savanna

• A rain forest

• A mountain

What is a dhow?

• a tropical grassland with small trees and bushes

• a traditional African storyteller

• a sailboat with a special triangle- shaped sail

• an area of high, mostly flat land

What did Berbers use to successfully cross the desert?

• donkeys

• camels

• horses

• mules

What was the first great trading empire in West Africa?

• Axum

• Mali

• Sahara

• Ghana

What is Africa?

• country

• continent

• state

• a civilization

an area of high flat land

• dhow

• plateau

• Bantu

• Sunni Ali

• griot

The ___ river gave rise to many West African civilizations.

• Nile

• Niger

• Congo

• Senegal

What kingdom conquered the empire of Ghana in the 1200's?

• Songhai

• Mali

• Zimbabwe

• Axum