WorksheetsIZZ 13-1 The Rise of African Civilizations
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
a storyteller
Axum
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Sunni Ali
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a the city-state that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea
Axum
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Sunni Ali
plateau
griot
an area of high flat land
Axum
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Sunni Ali
plateau
griot
the sailboat invented by Arab traders
Axum
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Sunni Ali
plateau
griot
He stormed into Timbuktu and drove out the Berbers.
Axum
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Sunni Ali
plateau
griot
Africa’s savannas
cover only 10 percent of the land.
are good for raising herds of animals
are good for growing crops
are cool and rainy
Used in trade caravans across the desert, camels were nicknamed
“ships of the desert."
“desert conquerors."
“sand gods."
“caravan heroes."
What great warrior-king, called “Lion Prince,” seized Ghana in 1240?
Sunni Ali
Sundiata Keita
Mansa Musa
Timbuktu
African rain forest kingdoms were by the dense forest growth.
shutoff and harmed
enveloped and weakened
protected from invaders
made defenseless
The great trading center of Zimbabwe supplied to the East African coast.
gunpowder, spears, bows
bananas, yams, rice
salt, gold, tin
gold, copper, ivory
