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19 Cards in this Set
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Africa's most distinctive feature is the _________. |
Great Rift Valley |
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The highest mountain in Africa is ____________. |
Mount Kilimanjaro |
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How did the earliest people in Africa Live? |
They hunted animals and gathered wild plants |
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Why is the elephant becoming extinct in Africa? |
Human hunt elephants for their tusks and for sport. |
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When it is hight tide, are tide pools and marshes covered with water? |
Yes |
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The longest river in Africa |
Nile |
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South Africa produces 1/3 of the world's _______. |
Gold |
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South Africa produces 1/2 of the world's ________. |
Diamonds |
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What is it that rivers, streams, and runoff carry along the landscape as they flow? |
Salt |
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Africa is described as the __________________. |
Plateau Continent |
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Africa's land mostly consists of _______________. |
Flat plateau broken up by low hills and rocks with intermittent mountains |
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How do people in subtropical areas mostly make a living? |
Herding livestock |
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A similarity between the ancient African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai is that they were all located where? |
On major trade routes |
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How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that meat in his empire? |
By collecting a tax on all merchants or traders who went through their land |
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A major trading town in the African savanna was? |
Timbuktu |
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Trade and agriculture |
This is what Ancient African kingdoms based their economic systems on. |
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Mansa Musa |
Mali reached the height of wealth, power, and fame under this ruler. |
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Natural resources of Africa |
Gold, diamonds, pachyderms, hard woods |
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Geographically, this feature had the strongest influence on the economic activity of early Africa. |
Trade routes with water supplies |
