Africa Vocabulary and Concept Review

an item left by an earlier culture

• artifact

• nok

• savannah

• smelting

an ancient West African city built along the Niger River

• Jenne-Jeno

• Sahara

• Niger River

• Savannah

the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

• Niger River

• Amazon River

• Mississippi River

• None of these

a people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking

• Nok

• Sahara

• smelting

• Tribute

a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Savannah

• All of these

• None of these

a zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Saharah

• All of these

• None of these

a vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season

• Savanna

• Saharah

• Sahel

• All of these

• None of these

the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it

• smelting

• melting

• artifact

• tribute

When a community cannot get a good they require (like salt) they must..

• Trade

• Leave where they live

• Die out

• None of these

Early communities in Africa were...

• Based around an extended family

• Bustling metropolis (big cities)

• There were no early communities in Africa

• None of these