Ancient Africa

How big is Africa compared to the other continents?

• Largest

• Second largest

• Third largest

• Fourth largest

Label Africa

c

d

e

f

b

a

Kalahari Desert

Sahara Desert

Congo Rainforest Basin

Horn of Africa

Atlas Mts

Madagascar

Label Africa

c

d

e

f

b

a

Lake Victoria

Niger River

Congo River

Ethiopian Highlands

Nile River

The Sahel

Place the kingdoms in their correct region:

c

d

e

b

a

Great Zimbabwe

Aksum

Egypt

Kush

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

How many languages are spoken in Africa?

• Less than 100

• More than 100 but less than 1000

• More than a thousand but less than two thousand

• Over two thousand but less than three thousand

• Over three thousand

What percent of the world lives in Africa today?

• 10%

• 20%

• 15%

• 5%

• 25%

What is the tallest point in Africa?

• Mount Elbrus
• Mount McKinley
• Mount Everest
• Mount Kilimanjaro

What is NOT true about the Great Rift Valley?

• It is slowly growing bigger as Africa splits apart

• It is where the famous Lucy fossil was found

• It is where the earliest African civilizations began

The earliest people of Africa were organized in:

• Tribes

• Kingdoms

• Cities

• Empires

The belief that everything has a spirit is called: