The _______________ is a large area of flat grassland.

• savannah

• Sahel

African empires built advanced cities around the same time that the _____________ occurred in Europe.

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

Africans grew yams in the _________.

• desert

• rain forests

The production of __________ probably developed independently in Africa.

• iron

• silk

The __________ clan believed in one god.

• Kikuyu

• Bantu

Ethiopian legend states that the cathedral at Aksum contained the _______________.

• Ark of the Covenant

• Ten Commandments

Some of the unusual churches at Lalibela were made by carving into rock ________ ground level.

• above

• below

The rulers of Ghana eventually became _________ by the 11th century.

• Coptic Christians

• Muslims

African towns traded with merchants from _______________.

• India

• South America

"The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah" was the title of the leader of ____________.

• Ethiopia

• Mali