Core Concepts and Chapter 1, Sections 1-2

What direction is Europe from North America?

About every 24 hours, Earth completes one:

If you traveled east from South America to Africa you would be crossing which ocean?

What good was imported to West Africa from North Africa during the height of the Mali empire?

What measures distances east or west of the Prime Meridian?

Most of South America is located in which hemisphere?

An organization, created in 2002, to promote unity among African states is called:

What was the earliest of the three great empires of West Africa that we studied?

What religion did Mansa Musa help bring to Timbuktu?

What was called in West Africa the "River of Life"?

Meridians can also be called...

What is the house of worship for Muslims called?

The location 32º South, 45º West would be located in which hemispheres?

Which religion played an important part in the development of Tombouctou in 16th Century?

How many Africans were taken during the Slave Trade?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four cardinal directions?

A map showing the number of states and their boundaries in the US would be called a ___map.

What is an example of a quaternary level of economic activity?

What is Nigeria's major resource?

In a direct democracy...

What is oral history?

Arable land is important for which of the following?

True or False? Latitude lines are not parallel.

In which hemispheres is Australia located?

Which empire controlled the most land in West Africa during the 1800s?

During the Summer Solstice, the Earth’s northern hemisphere experiences:

What is the expansion of deserts called?

Who is this?

Parallel is a synonym for...

The Amish are an example of people operating under what type of economic system:

Which is not one of the factors of production?

The use of power for political gain is called:

In what hemispheres would the USA be located?

What is the climate of the Sahara Desert?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary level of economic activity?

What is a group of oral historians called in West Africa?

The half of the earth that is east of the Prime Meridian is the...

True or False?  Meridians are parallel.

What direction would you travel from Europe to reach Africa?

In Ancient West Africa, an EXPORT of West Africa was...

The Mississippi River Delta and the Nile River Delta were formed by what process?

In the 15th Century, what percentage of Timbuktu consisted of learned scholars?

Which lines form east - west circles around the globe?

What is the name for the half of the earth that is south of the Equator?

The "scattering" of the African peoples is called the African _______.

Enslaved Africans traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to America by way of the:

What are those?

Which of the following of the few remaining communist states left in the world?

Most of Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes are located along:

Latitude measures distances north and south of which line?

An example of a modern-day city-state would be: