African Geography and Early Civilizations

Determine which of the following is the greatest physical and cultural barrier in Ancient Africa?

• The Nile River

• The Great Pyrimads

• The Sahara Desert

• Early European culture

Identify which group of early peoples settled Northern Africa?

• Vikings

• Sumerians

• Hindus

• Bebers and Hamites

Who were the Pastoralists of North Africa?

• Eygptians

• Berbers and Carthaginans

• North Africans

• Kenyans

What was the first Egyptian dynasty?

• Menes-Narmer

• Aha

• Semerkhet

• Djet

Who was the Egyptian god of the sun, and "King of the Gods"?

• Geb

• Osiris

• Ra

• Set

What ethnicity were the Kush?

• Caucasian

• Asian

• Russian

• African

Who developed tribute type states?

• Cleopatra

• King Tut

• Berbers

• Sumerians

What famous African geographical feature was mostly wooded savanna after the Ice Age?

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• The Sahara desert

• The Great Rift valley

• The Namib desert

True or false?

North and East Africa saw the first "African" civilizations

• False

• True

Which Egyptian pharaoh famously fell in love with Julius Caesar, but later in life married Mark Antony?

• Nefertiti

• Mernieth

• Twosret

• Cleopatra