Egypt/Kush
Title of an Egyptian king.
What is a pharaoh?
Medicines developed in Africa treated this problem.
What are pain, pregnancy, diarrhea, vaccination, and/or brain surgery?
Christian holy book.
What is the Bible?
Two IMPORTANT items traded in West Africa.
What are salt and gold?
Another name for storytellers.
What are griots?
Giant tombs, famous for their shape.
What are pyramids?
These partial numbers were multiplied by Egyptians.
What are fractions?
Muslim holy book.
What is the Quran?
What is the Sahara?
Wise sayings passed down through generations.
What are proverbs?
Egyptian picture writing.
What are hieroglyphics?
Egyptians also calculated this number of degrees in a circle.
What is 360?
Christians consider this sacrificial person to be God.
Who is Jesus?
Mali's most famous and generous Muslim king, the builder of great universities, and the richest man to have ever lived.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Masks, textiles, and sculptures are part of this cultural aspect.
What are visual arts?
Long river that flows through Egypt and Kush.
What is the Nile River?
Egyptians created this time-telling device.
What are clocks?
The prophet of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
This Songhai king equipped his army with horses, built a navy, and built up large cities through the support of philosophy, medicine, and law.
Who is Sunni Ali Ber?
This instrument mimics a heartbeat and provided a means of communication. People would normally dance to the rhythms in a circle.
What are drums?
Three items traded to Egypt from Kush.
What are gold, ivory, ebony, leopard skins, and ostrich feathers?
This strong metal was cultivated by the Nok.
What is iron?
Three religious customs that Christians and Muslims perform.
What are pilgrimages, caring for widows/orphans, praying, attending holy gatherings?
Repeated attacks from outsiders, migration, rebellions from the inside, and colonization caused this.
What is the decline of empires?
This hairstyle is very popular among African American women.
What are braids?