africa

Question 1

savannah

Answer 1

a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees

Question 2

plateau

Answer 2

an area of relatively level high ground

Question 3

sahara desert

Answer 3

a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley

Question 4

bantu

Answer 4

a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.

Question 5

swahili

Answer 5

a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.

Question 6

subsistence farming

Answer 6

farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.

Question 7

mansa musa

Answer 7

was an emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire during the 14th century. He became emperor in 1307

Question 8

ghana

Answer 8

a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km).

Question 9

mali

Answer 9

Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km).
Capital: Bamako.

Question 10

zimbabwe

Answer 10

Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km).

Question 11

timbuktu

Answer 11

a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River.

French Tombouctou.