Revision: Chapter 2 - Ancient African Civilization
1. Modern day _______ is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
2. The ________ population reflects the rich history of Ethiopia.
3. Ethiopia was called ________ and its most prominent kingdom was
called _______.
4. The kingdom of Aksum was established in _______ BCE.
5. Aksum served as a major hub between the _______, Arab, _______,
Indian trade communities.
6. The people of Aksum had their own written language called ______ and
printed their own _____ to use as a currency.
7. The remains of the Kingdom of Aksum are still visible in ___________.
8. The city of Aksum has over ________ people and is considered one of
the ____________ cities in Africa.
9. Archaeologists have discovered large structures called ________. They
serve as a remider of the ________ ancient Aksum once had.
10. _________ was founded as early as the 10th century BCE as the capital
of the Harari Kingdom.
11. The Harari Kingdom was an important trading society that connected
merchants from the Ethiopian _______ to the Ethiopian ________.
12. Ancient Harar Jugol had ________ that surrounded the city as
protective barriers.
13. The protective barriers separated Harar Jugol into five separate
__________ and corresponded with main roads and walkways.
14. The Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established around 1,000 BCE by the
Kalanga people of present day Zimbabwe, _________, and ________.
15. The name Zimbabwe comes from __________ that was present
throughout the kingdom.
16. The stone structures included _________ and __________.
17. One of Great Zimbabwe’s major trading partnerships was with the
Kingdom of __________, located in the present-day Limpopo area in
_________ Africa.
18. Through their relationship with the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Great
Zimbabwe was able to control _______ and _______ trade.
19. The Kingdom of Great Ghana or _______ was a West African kingdom
located in present-day ________ and _________.
20. Its influence was spread throughout the ______________ coast and
across the _________ desert.
21. Ancient Ghana appears in __________ of travellers in 830 CE.
22. Ghana is mentioned again in an 11th century book entitled
________________.
23. Ancient Ghana was known along trade routes and in distant kingdoms
as the _____________.
24. Travellers told stories of gold ________, saddles, shields and ________.
25. The merchant of Ancient Ghana traded gold, ________, iron, _______,
salts, ______ and other resources with merchants from other regions.
26. There was a common rule that all _______ belonged to the king, while
miners and other citizens could freely collect ________.
27. Islam was introduced to Ghana through trans-Saharan trade as West
African and ________ merchants traded resources and cultures.
28. Ghanaian writers sometimes wrote in their native Wolof, but used
_______ script.
29. The mix of Wolof words in Arabic script was called ______.
Answers:
1) Ethiopia
2) Diverse
3) Abyssinia; Aksum
4) 400
5) African; European
6) Geez; coins
7) Northern Ethiopia
8) 50,000; oldest
9) Obelisks; power
10) Harar Jugol
11) Coast; highlands
12) Five walled gates
13) Neighbourhoods
14) Botswana; South Africa
15) Stone Architecture
16) Stone houses; Massive walls
17) Mapungubwe; South
18) Gold; Ivory
19) Wagadou; Mauritania; Mali
20) West Africa; Sahara
21) Written records
22) The Book of Routes and Kingdoms
23) Land of Gold
24) Caps; swords
25) Copper; ivory; cola nuts
26) Gold nuggets; gold nuts
27) Arab
28) Arabic
29) Ajami
