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Ancient Africa Ch. 12 BJU

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the peninsula in NE Africa that projects into the Arabian Sea?

a)

Horn of Africa

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Egyptian peninsula

d)

Italian peninsula

2.

a region with tall grass and few trees

a)

savanna

b)

oasis

c)

rainforest

d)

desert

3.

Which is NOT a type of land feature in Africa?

a)

savannas

b)

lakes and rivers

c)

mountains

d)

deserts

e)

tundra

4.

What is the large mountain in eastern Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Mt. Rushmore

d)

Mt. Everest

5.

Which is NOT a way to learn about the past when there are no written records?

a)

archeology

b)

linguistics

c)

oral history

d)

botany

e)

Google

6.

What is an African storyteller?

a)

griot

b)

librarian

c)

Songhai

d)

linguist

7.

What is the study of plants called?

a)

linguistics

b)

archeology

c)

plantology

d)

botany

8.

What is the name of people who study language?

a)

lollipops

b)

linguists

c)

Latin

d)

griots

9.

Which of these might someone find in an oasis?

a)

alligators

b)

water

c)

restaurants

d)

books

10.

Which of the following is NOT an ancient African empire?

a)

Aksum

b)

Aztec

c)

Mali

d)

Songhai

e)

Ghana

11.

Who visited King Solomon for his wisdom?

a)

Ezana

b)

Queen Esther

c)

Queen of Sheba

d)

Sundiata Keita

12.

King of the Aksum empire who made Christianity its official religion.

a)

Sunni Ali

b)

Ezana

c)

Xerxes

d)

Mansa Musa

13.

I was the first ruler of Mali also known as the "Lion King"

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Ezana

c)

Sundiata Keita

d)

Sunni Ali

14.

What was the Ghanan method of trade where traders never saw each other?

a)

stone trading

b)

unauthorized trading

c)

silent trading

d)

salt trading

15.

I was the king of Mali known for great wealth and devotion to Islam.

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Ezana

c)

Sundiata Keita

d)

Sunni Keita

16.

What is the African city in the Malian Empire that became a center of Islamic faith and learning?

a)

Tuareg

b)

Tetalistai

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Yarbrough

17.

Who was the African ruler who established Songhai?

a)

Sundiata Keita

b)

Sunni Ali

c)

Queen of Sheba

d)

Ezana

18.

The nomadic people of the Sahara in N Africa

a)

pygmies

b)

Tuareg

c)

Turks

d)

Theolossians

19.

African people of small stature who live in the rainforest of the Congo basin

a)

Tuareg

b)

Pygmies

c)

Piglets

d)

Pytolyians

20.

a group of people defending from a common ancestor

a)

gaggle

b)

posse

c)

clan

d)

griot