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Africa and Mesoamerica Final Game

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest desert in the world/Africa?

a)

Savanna

b)

Kalahari

c)

Sahara

d)

Libyan

2.

Sahara Desert climate is​ (a)   and their size is over ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
Hot and Dry
3,000 miles
Cold and damp
2,000 miles
Hot and rainy
4,000 miles
3.

What is a Savanna?

a)

Lush arctic grassland

b)

Lush tropical greenland

c)

Dry sandy wasteland

d)

Rainy damp field

4.

Match the following

a)

Religion that spread in Africa?

1.

Islam

b)

Why did it spread?

2.

After prophet Muhammad's death

c)

Practice the religion where?

3.

Mosques

d)

Holy book of the religion?

4.

Quran

5.

Put the East Africa social classes in order from top to bottom

a)

Sulton

b)

Merchant

c)

Townspeople

d)

Non-Muslims farmers/fishers

e)

Slaves

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6.

Who was the great leader of Mali by introducing Mali to the world, built the Great Mosque and controlling the trans-Saharan trade?

a)

Sulton

b)

Aladdin

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Alfonso I

7.

What effect did Portugal have on Africa?

a)

Negative- took over using force

b)

Positive- helped them grow their trade

c)

Negative- helped them grow their cities

d)

Positive- helped them learn a new language

8.

Match the answer to the question.

a)

Define Staple Crop.

1.

Regularly chosen and consumed crop

b)

What is the staple crop of Africa?

2.

Bananas

c)

Characteristic of Bantu people?

3.

They spread Islamic religion

d)

Bantu impact on Africa

4.

Significant and postive

9.

What waterways surround Africa?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

10.

Which civilization was the "Mother Culture"?

a)

Aztec

b)

Zapotec

c)

Mayan

d)

Olmec

11.

Reorder the following social classes from top (#1) to the bottom.

a)

Rulers

b)

Priest

c)

Merchants

d)

Farmers

e)

Workers

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
12.

Why do the Olmec people disappear and when?

a)

450 B.C. and food ran out

b)

350 B.C. and European Explorers

c)

400 B.C. and no one knows why

d)

400 B.C. and they just moved to the Mayan empire

13.

What crops were regularly planted and consumed through these empires?

a)

Corn

b)

Beans

c)

Chili peppers

d)

Cacao beans

14.

What did the Aztec use for currency?

a)

Cacao beans

b)

Chili peppers

c)

Maize

d)

Beans

15.

What farming technique do the Zapotec use?

a)

Slash and burn

b)

Horse plow

c)

Burn and slash

d)

Terraces

16.

Reorder the following social classes in order from top to bottom from the Mayan civi.

a)

Kings

b)

Priests

c)

Warriors

d)

Farmers

1)
2)
3)
4)
17.

The Rulers of kept the gods happy by ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Sacrifice
Dance
Rituals
18.

What did the rulers sacrifice?

a)

Food

b)

Plants

c)

Resources

d)

Human blood

19.

When did the Mayans decline?

a)

600 A.D.

b)

700 A.D.

c)

800 A.D.

d)

900 A.D.

20.

Sister crops include: ​ (a)   ,​ (b)   , ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
Maize
Squash
Beans
Cacao beans
Chili peppers
21.

Which farming technique did the Aztecs use?

a)

Burn and slash

b)

Terraces

c)

Slash and Burn

d)

No farming involved

22.

Reorder the following social classes from bottom to top of the Aztec empire.

a)

Slaves

b)

Serfs

c)

Commner

d)

Nobles

e)

Emperor

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
23.

What does the Aztec religion- Polytheistic mean?

a)
Believing in or worshiping one god
b)
Believing in or worshiping nature
c)
Believing in or worshiping animals
d)
Believing in or worshiping multiple gods
24.

What is the importance of Teotihuacan in the Aztec culture?

a)

Birthplace of the Gods

b)

Temple to worship gods

c)

Birthplace of kings

d)

Main city

25.

What are Conquistadors?

a)

Indian explorers

b)

African explorers

c)

American explorers

d)

European explorers

26.

When is the test?

a)

May 28

b)

May 29

c)

May 30

d)

May 31