Africa

What do you call the raised area of largely flat land that makes up much of Africa's interior?

• hill

• plateau

• isthmus

• plain

What is a savanna?

• A semiarid region in Africa just south of the Sahara that separates the desert from wetter areas.

• Africa south of the Sahara.

• This vast region of tropical grassland covers much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

What are land, trees and minerals called when they are used by people to meet their need?

• caravan

• prosperity

• natural resource

• labor specialization

This happens when people become experts in specific skill or jobs, like farming, government service, mining, or crafts.

• labor specialization

• prosperity

• caravan

• savanna

What do you call the trade in gold and salt that took place between North African peoples and West African peoples?

• Trans-Saharan

• caravan

• conquest

Beginning in the 900s, Arab and Berber merchants traversed the Sahara in these camel-mounted groups.

• Trans-Saharan

• caravan

• conquest

The condition of being successful is called...?

• policy

• profit

• prosperity

The 2 largest rivers in West Africa are the _____and _____.

• Congo and Nile Rivers

• Nile and Senegal Rivers

• Niger and Senegal Rivers

What do you call the world's largest desert that covers most of N. Africa?

• Sahara desert

• Sahel desert

• Arabian desert

In 300 CE these people founded the kingdom of Ghana.

• Songhai

• Soninke

• Swahili