Africa: The Dark Continent (lesson 1)

Question 1

the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-f fth of the total land surface of earth.

Answer 1

AFRICA

Question 2

Africa’s total land area is approximately ________________ and the continent measures about ____________________________________

Answer 2

11, 724,000 square miles, 5,000 miles from north to south and about 4,600 miles from past to west

Question 3

africa covers an area as large as the

Answer 3

US, western europe, india, and china put together.

Question 4

Africa is home to over ______ distinct ethnic groups, each with its own unique cultural traditions, languages, and ways of life.

Answer 4

3,000

Question 5

Why Africa is called the Dark Continent?

Answer 5

people know very little about it.

Question 6

contains _____________ of the world and ________________.

Answer 6

98% of the diamond mines, 55% of the gold mines

Question 7

AFRICA’S FAMOUS NATIONAL PARKS

Answer 7

Serengeti
Kruger
Maasai

Question 8

African storyteller would expect his/her audience to give response or comments.

Answer 8

Call-and- response technique.

Question 9

Poetry is often sung or recited in a .

Answer 9

singsong voice

Question 10

AFRICAN ART

Answer 10

Hikma Complex, Niger - 2018
Kenneth Dike Library, Nigeria

Question 11

is based on African music with its short rhythm based largely on the drum beat.

Answer 11

Contemporary dance music

Question 12

African music

Answer 12

is bound up with religious ceremony, composed as a prayer for rain and for success in hunting and in war.