African Geography
The largest desert in the world is?
Sahara
The trade network across the Sahara desert is known as what?
A king of Mali had what title?
Mansa
Which group of people were known for their iron tools and terra cotta sculptures?
The Nok
The term for describing the portion of Africa below the Sahara desert.
Sub-Saharan
The grassland region of Africa is called?
Savana
The commodity that was valuable because it preserved food was what?
Which religion spread quickly through Northern Africa?
Islam
Most African cultures did not have a ______ language, and had to rely on oral tradition.
Written
The process of the desert growing
The tallest mountain in Africa is what?
Mt. Kilaminjaro
Merchants would use what animal to trade across the desert?
Camel
The group of traders that lived in Northern Africa were called what?
Berbers
Ghana
A group of merchants that travel together for safety
Caravan
The longest river in Africa is what?
Nile
Which city became a center for trade in West Africa?
Timbuktu
Iron tools were made by __________ iron ore into liquid iron.
Smelting
The kingdom that came after Ghana was _______.
Mali
To not have a lot of something; to be rare
Scarce (scarcity)
The island of the southeast of Africa, known for its lemurs, is what?
Madagascar
______ were valuable because they were used to mine precious metals.
The SECOND largest desert in Africa, located in the south, is what?
Kalahari
The richest king of Mali that went on a famous hajj was who?
Mansa Musa
A west african storyteller
Griot