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Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Arabia's deserts have a very limited amount of water. There are no permanent lakes or rivers! So, where is the fresh water?

a)

Streams

b)

Deltas

c)

Oceans

d)

Oases

2.

What is a pilgrimage?

a)

A journey or quest to a holy place

b)

A Thanksgiving holiday

c)

A group of religious people

d)

All of the above

3.

The Arabian Peninsula is located between which CONTINENTS?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

South America

e)

North America

4.

Desert nomads wore long, light-colored clothing and scarves wrapped around their heads to protect them from sandstorms. We call this an

a)

fashion week

b)

adaptation to the environment

c)

a fashion no no

d)

culture

5.

A group of people traveling together for protection is called a

a)

caravan

b)

Uber black

c)

pilgrimage

d)

culture

6.

How many people were along for Mansa Musa's pilgrimage?

a)

6

b)

600

c)

60,000

d)

6 Kazillion, billion, majallion

7.

To bring water to a dry place in order to grow crops is called

a)

irrigate

b)

culture

c)

caravan

d)

pilgrimage

8.

A religion with a belief in one god is called

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

9.

A religion that believes in many gods is

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

10.

A large area governed by a king or queen is a

a)

Trailer 5

b)

village

c)

caravan

d)

kingdom

11.

The Story of Sundjata is told by West African storytellers and historians known as

a)

Ms. Gustafson

b)

The Lion King

c)

griots

d)

ferbas

12.

Early West African villages got rich from

a)

trade and iron working

b)

storytelling and culture

c)

moving into the forests

d)

building walls around their town

13.

Muslims invented which type of math

a)

algebra

b)

geometry

c)

calculus

d)

trigonometry