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ANCIENT AFRICA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What geographic feature located in Africa covers an area roughly size of the USA?

a)

The Red Woods

b)

The Congo Jungle

c)

The Sarengeti Plain

d)

The Sarah Desert

2.

These grassy plains; includes mountainous highlands and swampy tropical stretches are called what?

a)

Plateaus

b)

Forests

c)

Savana

d)

Tropical Zones

3.

Which of these is the oldest religion found in Africa?

a)

Islam

b)

Animism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

4.

Which is the earliest known culture in West Africa?

a)

The Bantu

b)

The Nok

c)

The Zulu

d)

The Congo

5.

This ancient kingdom was located near the Red Sea and south of Kush; now Eritrea and Ethiopia:

a)

Askum

b)

Niger

c)

Tarati

d)

Zomara

6.

The step-like ridges on mountain slopes helped soil retain water and prevented it from being washed away:

a)

Water slots

b)

Irrigation vallies

c)

Terraces

d)

Water falls

7.

The belief that families are connected people are descendants of a common ancestor.

a)

Bloodline

b)

Unity Tree

c)

Lineage

d)

Familial Piety

8.

When members of a society trace ancestors through their fathers bloodline what are those societies called?

a)

Patrilineal

b)

Domineering

c)

Saducual

d)

Monopleacia

9.

The area in North Africa ruled by Muslims.

a)

The Levant

b)

The Magrhib

c)

The Sultan

d)

The Islamic State

10.

the Almovarids and Almohads were both part of what North African people?

a)

The Berbers

b)

The Levites

c)

The Sharam

d)

The Declani

11.

Who was the first great leader of Mali?

a)

Prince Jahari

b)

King Mulani

c)

Sundiata

d)

Shaka Zulu

12.

The African kingdom situated to south and west of Ife, near delta of Niger River:

a)

Zaire

b)

Timbuktu

c)

Somolia

d)

Benin

13.

The combination of Arabic and Bantu languages for this language:

a)

Abantu

b)

Koi-Koi

c)

Jabuti

d)

Swahili

14.

He began the kingdom of Songhai.

a)

Sunni Ali

b)

Muhammed Ata

c)

Hussein Bin Shasa

d)

Ibn Battura

15.

The early 13th century Ethiopian King/ruler; built great rock churches.

a)

King Solomon

b)

King Lalibela

c)

King Mansa Musa

d)

King Shonto