The Culture and Kingdoms of West Africa

Fill in the blank: To examine or think about carefully is to _________.

• analyzed

• contemplated

• reviewed

• observed

Fill in the blank: An item left by an earlier culture is called an _________.

• artifacts

• relics

• antiquities

• remnants

Fill in the blank: Functioning in the best way, with very little or no waste is described as _________.

• efficient

• productive

• effective

• capable

Fill in the blank: An ancient West African city built along the Niger River is called _________.

• Jenne-jeno

• Gao

• Mali

• Timbuktu

Fill in the blank: The longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times is the _________.

• Niger River

• Senegal River

• Volta River

• Gambia River

Fill in the blank: A people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered iron-working are known as _________.

• Nok

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

Fill in the blank: To say what will happen in the future, based on experience or reason is to _________.

• predict

• recall

• analyze

• imagine

Fill in the blank: A series of actions that produce a certain result is called a ________.

• process

• procedure

• method

• technique

A large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles is known as the ________.

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Kalahari

• Arabian

Fill in the blank: A zone of semi desert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow is called the ________.

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Steppe

• Chaparral