Africa Unit Review

Because its interior is raised and flat, the African continent is considered to be a __________.

• plateau

• peninsula

• subcontinent

• archipelago

Which of the following is NOT one of Africa’s 5 Ecosystems and Vegetation Regions?

• The Mediterranean Zone

• 1. The Arabian Desert

• 1. The Savanna Grasslands

• 1. Rain Forest

1. Because of their location on the __________, West African kingdoms grew wealthy.

• 1. Trans-Saharan trade route

• Silk Road

• 1. Nile River

• 1. Niger River

Two of the most important resources traded in West Africa included gold and ________.

• papyrus

• figs

• salt

• cacao

A group of people, especially traders, traveling together across a desert in North Africa is called a __________.

• hajj

• crusade

• pilgrimage

• caravan

1. This emperor ruled the West African kingdom of Mali during its most prosperous period and changed the empire into a center of Muslim learning and art.

• Sunni Ali

• As-Saheli

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata

The West African city of __________ was an advanced society and center of scholarship.

• Timbuktu

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Kush

• Ethiopia

Which of the following is NOT a title for an emperor or ruler in Africa?

• Khan

• Mansa

• Sunni

• Pharaoh

An African musician-storyteller who uses music and stories to record history and entertain.

• Sunni

• griot

• Ghana

• narrator

A type of traditional African drumming that combines two or more different rhythms at the same time.

• 1. Polyrhythmic

• Progressive

• Alternating

• Flowing