Ch.13.1 Africa Quiz

long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the earth's crust

• rifts

• sahel

• kinship

• animism

Africa south of the Sahara

• sub-saharan Africa

• sahel

• rain forests

• savannah

Strip of land in West Africa that divides the desert from wetter areas

• Sahel

• rifts

• savannah

• matrilineal

open grassland with scattered trees

• savannah

• Sahel

• rain forests

• rifts

moist, densely wooded areas near the equator

• rain forests

• rifts

• savannah

• patrilineal

A system of social organization based on family ties. This includes the father, mother, children, and close relatives.

• kinship system

• extended family

• sahel

• rifts

The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

• animism

• matrilineal

• sahel

• rifts

World's largest desert in northern africa

• Sahara

• Sahel

• savannah

• Niger River

What is the name of the rainforest in Africa?

• Amazon

• Congo

What is an age-set?

• men or women who were born around the same time and form special bonds (close friendships)

• A set of algebraic formulas that Muslims helped spread

• Lost children who were raised by wolves

• Animals that were born at the same time so are slaughtered at the same time.