Great African Kingdoms

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Objective: Answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. The broad, grassy plain that covers one fourth of Africa is the ______.

equator
savanna
safari
Sahel

2. The region in Africa that gets much rainfall, is very hot, and has much thick vegetation is ______ Africa.

southern
coastal
North
equatorial

3. A long, steep-sided area lying between two parallel faults is a ______.

desert
rift valley
highland
plateau

4. Among the important ancient kingdoms in West Africa from about A.D. 300 to 1600 were Mali, Kanem-Bornu, and ______.

Kush
Ethiopia
Egypt
Ghana

5. Zimbabwe became a trading center because of its location near ______.

salt mines
rain forests
grassy plains
gold mines

6. What is the largest lake in Africa?

Lake Chad
Lake Nyasa
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika

7. The Sahel, the savanna, and the equatorial rain forests are all ______ of Africa.

vegetation zones
capital cities
independent islands
trading centers

8. Like the Egyptians, the Kushites found it important to live ______.

near Mount Kilamanjaro
along the Nile River
in the Sahara
along the Zaire River

9. What does the term "Swahili" mean?

near the equator
border or shore
king of the gold
along the Zaire River

10. Archaeologists have discovered that Kush ______.

refused to trade with merchants from other countries
united nearby kingdoms to create one empire
traded with Arabia and India
developed a code of written laws

11. The city in ancient West Africa known as a center of commerce was ______.

Meroe
Zimbabwe
Timbuktu
Adulis

12. The Kush kingdom was conquered by ______.

Ghana
Ethiopia
Mali
India

13. One of Africa's most unique natural resources is its ______.

animal life
tundra
inland sea
harbor

14. The rulers of Ethiopia remained Christian through the centuries after ______ become a Christian in A.D. 324

King Ghana
al-Bakri
King Ezana
Ibn Battutah

15. The natural feature that divides the countries of the Mediterranean Sea and the countries in mid- and southern Africa is ______.

the Nile River
the Sahara
Lake Victoria
the Red Sea

16. Two important trading items of West Africa were gold and ______.

silver
copper
fish
salt

17. The leader of the Kush people in 751 B.C. was ______.

Ezana
Leo Africanus
Piankhi
Mansa Musa

18. The great African kingdoms became wealthy and powerful through ______.

trade with other countries
the building of pyramids
the migration of groups
the discovery of oil

19. What legacies did Kush inherit from Egypt?.

land and wildlife preservation
government and weapon development
hieroglyphics and building pyramids
religion and social order

20. What caused Ethiopia to develop its own type of Christianity?

a loss of contact with other Christian lands
a disagreement with Christian religious leaders
the strong influence of Arab merchants
its cultural differences with Greece

Your score isout of 20.