Africa East & South

African civilization where Great Zimbabwe was the capital?

• Axum

• Zimbabwe

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

East Africa borders the ___ Ocean.

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Indian

• Pacific

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

Northeastern East Africa borders the ___ Sea.

• Black

• Caspian

• Red

• Yellow

True or False?

"Minerals, energy resources, landscapes, and wildlife are all important resources found in East Africa."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What group dominated most of sub-Saharan Africa by the A.D. 300s?

• Arabs

• Swahili

• Bantu

• Sofalas

What characteristic do the Bantu share?

• They have a common ancestry.

• They all speak the same language.

• They originated in Southern Africa.

• They live in the desert?

Why is Swahili a "lingua franca"?

• It was originally spoken in the areas around France.

• It is a spoken, but not a written, language.

• It came from Asia with people who migrated.

• It is language commonly spoken by many groups.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Where was Aksum?

• north of the Sahara

• in what is now Ethiopia

• along the Mediterranean Sea

• northeast of Arabia

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What two cultures merged to form the Swahili culture?

• Indian and East African

• Indian and Northern European

• East African and Arabic Muslim

• East African and Central Asia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

What did East African sailors headig across the Indian Ocean plan their journey around?

• the demand for goods

• the summer months

• agricultural cycles

• the monsoon winds

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1