Early African Civilizations

When overgrazing or drought turns fertile land into a desert.

• savannahs

• desertification

• paleontology

• apartheid

In Ancient Ghana, gold was traded for which of the following?

• Cows

• Yams

• Calabashes

• Salt

By 1,000 B.C.E. the Bantu people were making weapons out of which of the following?

• Iron

• Copper

• Gold

• Tin

What are traditional African storytellers called?

• Philosophers

• Griots

• Scribes

• Diviners

The Sahel region in Africa is best described as which of the following?

• plateau

• huge valley

• desert

• semiarid land

Which Bantu language is widely spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Igbo

• Latin

• Swahili

• Mancala

What is the name of Africa's largest lake?

• Okavango

• Victoria

• Kalahari

• Tanganyika

What is the highest peak (mountain) in Africa?

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Fuji

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Mt. Rushmore

Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa because of which of the following:

• They controlled the gold and salt trade.

• They conquered neighboring empires.

• They adopted Islam as their main religion.

• The Nile River provided good transportation.

Tracing a family descendants' through the mothers instead of fathers is called what?

• Matrilineal

• Dynasty

• Legalism

• Filial Piety