Africa and the Bantu

In Africa, tropical rainforests lie along

• the Equator

• the Nile River

• the North Coast of Africa

The largest desert in the world is

• The Sahara

• The Kalahari

A group of families with a common ancestor is called a clan.

• True

• False

Accounts of the past, told as stories, are called oral history.

• True

• False

The movement of the Bantu across Africa was called a

• migration

• caravan

Which statement best describes Africa's geography?

• It is mostly covered with rainforests

• Much of it is savanna(h).

• It has wide coastal plains.

• It is a huge desert.

The Bantu population movements lasted for

• 10 years.

• about 100 years.

• about 500 years.

• over 1000 years.

Many Bantu clans traced their ancestry (determined their family line) through

• mothers.

• fathers.

• grandparents.

• aunts and uncles.

What was one effect of the Bantu population movements?

• The Bantu returned to their original homeland.

• The Bantu relocated toward the north.

• The Bantu often had to change the way they lived.

• The Bantu culture disappeared.

What special knowledge did the Bantu carry with them as they migrated?

• metalworking

• fishing

• dancing

• singing