Geography
A grassland with small trees and shrubs.
What is a savanna?
Who was the leader of Songhai who captured the city of Timbuktu?
Who was Sunni Ali?
A West African storyteller
What is a griot?
This pack animal was introduced by the Romans to North Africa?
What is a camel?
What religion do Muslims follow?
What is Islam?
A Muslim holy city visited by Mansa Musa
What is Mecca (Makkah)?
The great "Lion King" who united the people of Mali.
Who was Sundiata?
Instead of tracing ancestry through the father's line, it is traced through the mother's.
What is matrilineal?
What is Muslims?
This crop was grown by the Portugese using enslaved Africans.
What is sugarcane?
What is Ghana?
He marched into Mecca with 80 camels and 2 tons of gold.
Who is Mansa Musa?
It is not written down; it is passed down from generation to generation through storytelling.
What is an oral history?
This group of people migrated across Africa, spreading their culture.
Who are the Bantu?
Sundiata gained the crown in Mali by doing this.
What is "uniting the people"?
The river that served as a highway for West Africa?
What is the Niger River?
The Songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval Africa
Who is Askia Muhhamad?
The sailboat with triangular sails used by Arab traders to travel along Africa's east coast.
What is a dhow?
This continent has 4 different geographic zones.
What is Africa?
What are the generals?
In 250 BC, this was the largest trading city?
What is Djenne - Jeno?
The queen who fought the Portuguese for 30 years.
Who is Nzinga?
This describes a language and means ¨people of the coast¨.
What is Swahili?
What European country started the slave trade in 1441.
What is Portugal?
The queen who lead the fight against Arab invaders.
Who is Dahia al-Kahina?