Africa Terms Quiz

What is Animism?

• A type of clothing

• A musical tradition

• A belief that natural objects have a soul

• A farming technique

What best describes a Rainforest?

• A dry flatland

• A snowy mountain range

• A forest in an area that rains a lot

• A cold, windy forest

What is a Savanna?

• A mountain area

• A mostly flat area with trees

• A desert with no plants

• A jungle

What is the Sahara?

• A desert in Africa

• A lake in West Africa

• A snowy plain

• A grassy highland

What is the Sahel?

• A type of forest

• A dry area between the Sahara and other regions

• A city in Africa

• A mountain range

What does Semiarid mean?

• Flooded

• Covered in snow

• Not much rainfall

• Full of rivers

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is Kinship?

• Being part of a village

• A family relationship

• A trade agreement

• A type of clothing

What is a Clan?

• A group of people from an old family or friends

• A kind of tribe leader

• A trade group

• A type of animal herd

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is an Extended Family?

• Your parents only

• Relatives like aunts, uncles, and grandparents

• Friends who feel like family

• Neighbors in a village

What is Genealogy?

• A type of medicine

• A farming technique

• Stories passed down from older relatives

• A hunting tool

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10