Non-Western Civilization
Map: Early Kingdoms in Africa Name ________________ Hour __
1. Use your textbook and available atlases to label the following :
Sahara Desert Congo River Zambezi River
Senegal River Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert
Red Sea Nile River Indian Ocean
Orange River Atlas Mountains Atlantic Ocean
Niger River
2. Outline the borders of the following kingdoms in the color indicated.
Sonhai Orange
Axum Blue
Kush Purple
Ghana Yellow
Mali Green
3. Locate and label the following cities with a RED dot:
Carthage Tripoli Ife
Timbuktu Mombassa Axum
Fez Benin Meroe
Zimbabwe
4. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false according to the map. Correct each
false statement.
A. The city of Gao was on the Niger River. True False
B. The Zambezi River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. True False
C. The Nile River flowed through Kush. True False
D. Axum was in Southern Africa. True False
E. Ghana was the largest early kingdom in Africa. True False
F. The Senegal River flowed through Mali, Ghana and True False
the Songhai kingdoms.
5. CRITICAL THINKING
(a) Why did three powerful kingdoms grow up in roughly the same area in West Africa?
(b) How did their geographic location affect the growth of important city-states in Eastern Africa?