Sub-Saharan Africa Vocabulary Quiz

What is animism?

• Wide strip of land between the Sahara desert and the savannah

• Belief in spirits living in objects in nature

• Large area of flat grassland

• Desert in northern Africa

What is sahel?

• Wide strip of land between the Sahara desert and the savannah

• Belief in spirits living in objects in nature

• Large area of flat grassland

• Desert in northern Africa

What is the common trade language of east Africa built on the Bantu language?

• Maize

• Caravan

• Aksum

• Swahili

What is another name for Ethiopia?

• Desert in northern Africa

• Aksum

• Large area of flat grassland

• Belief in spirits living in objects in nature

What is a group of traders with camels that traveled across the Sahara called?

• Caravan

• Tribe

• Clan

• Belief in spirits living in objects in nature

What is maize?

• Wide strip of land between the Sahara desert and the savannah

• Belief in spirits living in objects in nature

• Desert in northern Africa

• Corn

Define clan

• Two or more groups that share a common language, belief, and custom

• 1. family that can be traced to a common ancestor

• 1. common trade language of east Africa built on the Bantu language

• 1. group of traders with camels that traveled across the Sahara

Define tribe.

• Two or more clans that share a common language, belief, and custom

• 1. family that can be traced to a common ancestor

• 1. common trade language of east Africa built on the Bantu language

• 1. group of traders with camels that traveled across the Sahara

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

• Savannah

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Aksum

Put these in order from north to south on the continent of Africa.

• savannah

• sahel

• Sahara