Africa: Land, Resources and Civilizations

The ______ connects Red Sea along the northeast coasts of Egypt and Sudan.

• Mediterranean Sea
• Gulf of Aqaba
• Red Sea
• Suez Canal

The Rift Valley of eastern Africa was created by __________.

• tectonic plate movements

• river sedimentation
• glacial erosion
• volcanic activity

The Sahara covers more than _____ kms from the coast of Western Sahara to the Nile river valley in Egypt.

• 5200

• 4800

• 5700

• 6750

Africa 's north coast is the ___________ sea.

• Red Sea
• Mediterranean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean

The people of Aksum had their own written language called _____.

• Amharic
• Ge'ez
• Tigrinya
• Oromo

Harar Jugol was divided into five separate _______ and corresponded with main roads and walkways throughout the city.

• gates

• quarters
• neighborhoods

• districts

The name Zimbabwe comes from the ______ that was present throughout the kingdom.

• stone architecture

• grass thatch houses
• mud huts
• wooden structures

Early travelers described ______ as a complex civilization with heavy Islamic and traditional West African culture.

• Ancient Aksum

• Ancient Ghana

• Ancient Zimbabwe

• Harar Jugol