The Swahili
A monsoon
What is a seasonal wind?
West
Was Ghana in North Africa or West Africa?
Wealthy, successful kingdom
What are words to describe Kongo?
Sub-Saharan Africa
What is the part of Africa is south of the Sahara Desert?
Islam
What religion did the Swahili adopt when trading?
Gold
What product did Ghana have a lot of?
New World
Where did the Europeans take the African slaves?
Early 1800's
What year did many European countries outlaw slave trade?
What is the southern tip of Africa called?
The Ocean the Swahili traded across
What is the Indian Ocean?
The Sahara Desert
What barrier had to be crossed to do the gold-salt trade?
Central Africa
Where was Kongo located?
Africans had no history of their own
Why did the Europeans think it was okay to take over?
Ibn Battuta
Who had the "best life ever"?
Arabia
The Swahili traded with China, India, Zimbabwe, and what other country?
Salt
What product did Ghana want to get?
10 million people
Imperialism
What is when a militarily powerful country conquers a free land and rules it?
Mansa Musa
Who was apparently the richest man in the world?
To China
When the monsoons blew east, where did the Swahili traders go?
The Empire of Songhai
What country eventually replaced Mali?
1500-1700
What years was Kongo driven into poverty?
Ethopia and Liberia
What countries did the Europeans NOT take over?
1482
What year did Portugal arrive in Kongo?