Africa - Answers Second largest continent in the world
From north to south Africa - Answers o A succession of climatic zones
o Desert, savannah, rain forest, mountain ranges
Rain Forest - Answers A dense growth of tall trees characteristic of hot, wet regions
Origins of humanity in the ___________ region. - Answers Savannah
Earliest Human - Answers Homo habilis
Evolved from homo erectus - Answers Modern human and homo sapiens
Small societies dependent on hunting animals and collecting wild plants rather than on agriculture. -
Answers Hunting and gathering societies
Earliest civilization in Africa - Answers Egypt
Refers to a social system based on class rank. - Answers Hierarchical
A writing system based on pictures or symbols - Answers Hieroglypics
Descent through the male line - Answers Partrilineal
A society ruled by a senior man - Answers Patriarchal
Egypt was "____________________." - Answers Gift of the Nile
Resisted change for thousands of years. - Answers Egyptian Civilization
_________________ shaped Egyptian Life. - Answers Polytheistic religion
__________ made Egyptian colony. - Answers Nubia
Nubians________________________. - Answers established Kush.
____________ took control of upper Egypt. - Answers Kushites
Kushites moved the capital to __________. - Answers Meroe
Traded with Eastern Africa and Mediterranean. - Answers Kush people
____________ (____________) destroys Meroe - Answers Axum (Ethiopia)
Refers to people who speak languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, native to southwest Asia. - Answers
Semitic