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WorksheetsSub-Saharan Africa History
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
The development of agriculture by humans is called
agricultural revolution
colonialism
imperialism
alluvial
This is what people speak automatically without taking a language class
first language
lingua franca
city-state
caravan
A group of merchants traveling together for safety
caravan
alluvial
lingua franca
agricultural revolution
A language common to two groups who normally speak different languages
lingua franca
trans-Saharan
agricultural revolution
alluvial
Across the Sahara
trans-Saharan
trans-Atlantic slave trade
city-state
first language
Deposited by a river
alluvial
city-state
caravan
lingua franca
An independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it
city-state
colonialism
lingua franca
imperialism
The trading of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
trans-Atlantic slave trade
trans-Saharan
Transmetropolitan
Hotel Transylvania
One country exploring, conquering, settling--and sometimes taking advantage of--another area of the world
colonialism
alluvial
agricultural revolution
lingua franca
The policy of extending foreign rule
imperialism
alluvial
caravan
first language
What helped the Bantu dominate other cultures?
the ability to make weapons of iron
a language that others wanted to use
knowledge of agricultural techniques
cultural diversity among Bantu migrants
Which group helped spread Swahili into the interior of Africa?
Arabs who traded with the Bantu people
the Bantu migrants
Europeans who traded with the Bantu people
Songhai warriors who traded with the Bantu people
What made the country Ghana rich?
its sources of alluvial gold
its trade with countries outside Africa
its salt mines in the deserts
its position between alluvial gold and desert salt mines
What strong kingdom arose in Central Africa?
Kongo
Mali
Songhai
Zimbabwe
What was the Middle Passage?
a voyage carrying enslaved Africans from island to island in the Caribbean
a voyage carrying enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean
a caravan taking enslaved Africans from Central Africa to the coast
a caravan taking enslaved Africans across the Sahara
What was the Organization of African Unity founded to promote?
Pan-Africanism
Christianity
industrialism
imperialism
mineral
a rapid outbreak of disease that affects a high percentage of a particular population
the practice of keeping people of different races or religions separate
a widespread shortage of food
a naturally occurring inorganic substance that is usually found underground
commodity
a treatment designed to increase a person's immunity, or resistance, to a disease
a rapid outbreak of disease that affects a high percentage of a particular population
a widespread shortage of food
something that is bought, sold, or traded
famine
a widespread shortage of food
something that is bought, sold, or traded
a naturally occurring inorganic substance that is usually found underground
a treatment designed to increase a person's immunity, or resistance, to a disease
epidemic
a rapid outbreak of disease that affects a high percentage of a particular population
the practice of keeping people of different races or religions separate from each other
a widespread shortage of food
something that is bought, sold, or traded
vaccine
a treatment designed to increase a person's immunity, or resistance, to a disease
the practice of keeping people of different races or religions separate from each other
a widespread food shortage
something that is bought, sold, or traded
segregation
the practice of keeping people of different races or religions separate from each other
a naturally occuring inorganic substance that is usually found underground
a treatment designed to increase a person's immunity, or resistance, to a disease
a rapid outbreak of disease that affects a high percentage of a particular population
What type of resource is found in abundance throughout sub-Saharan Africa?
fish
grains
minerals
trees
Which term is used for a widespread shortage of food?
drought
famine
malnutrition
poverty
Which of the following helps to stop the spread of malaria?
sleeping under nets
drinking bottled water
eating citrus fruit
washing hands often
What was apartheid?
a Boer territory
policies to redistribute land
a protest group
laws separating the races
ethnic group
the percentage of people who can read
a plant used to treat illness
a group of people who share a common culture, language, and sometimes racial heritage
a route to move people and goods easily between places
transportation corridor
a route to move people and goods easily between places
someone who studies the relationship between cultures and plants
stories shared verbally from one generation to another
an area of land set apart for a certain purpose
oral tradition
stories shared verbally from one generation to another
an area of land set apart for a certain purpose
the percentage of people who can read
a plant used to treat illness
literacy rate
the percentage of people who can read
a route to move people and goods easily between places
someone who studies the relationship between cultures and plants
an area of land set apart for a certain purpose
reserve
an area of land set apart for a certain purpose
stories shared verbally from one generation to another
the percentage of people who can read
a route to move people and goods easily between places
Abut how many different languages are spoken in sub-Saharan Africa today?
3
35
1,000
2,500,450
How did European colonists decide where to put the borders of their colonies?
They used Africa's natural features such as rivers.
They divided Africa to meet their own resource needs.
They asked Africans to identify their cultural borders.
They researched the borders of ancient African empires.
What was an important result of public education in Kenya?
cultural diversity in government
an increase in conservation efforts
rivalry between ethnic groups
a literacy rate that more than doubled
What did some Africans believe the European slave traders did with the people they took?
They believed they hired them to work on merchant ships.
They believed the European slave traders were cannibals and they were eating people.
They believed they moved them to other tribal villages in Central Africa.
They believed they were given gold and salt from Mansa Musa.
