Sub-Saharan Africa
What animal was crucial to trade between Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan civilizations?
What is the camel?
The Swahili coast speaks what language?
Swahili
What ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza?
What ancient female ruler of European descent ruled Egypt before being conquered by Rome?
Who is Cleopatra?
What massive tombs in Giza were built to house the bodies of Pharos?
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
His empire was sitting on a West African gold mine. What African ruler was the richest person in the world?
Who is Mansa Musa?
Arab traders and slavers brought what religion to the Swahili coast?
Islam
What ancient Europeans established “Apokia” (colonies) in North Africa?
What are the Greeks?
What ancient Europeans established “Apokia” (colonies) in North Africa?
What are the Greeks?
The Egyptians relied on what geographical feature for sustainable farming?
What is the Nile River?
This African ethnic / language group expanded out of West Africa. They invented iron tools, spread agriculture, and established tribal superiority throughout Africa.
What is the Bantu?
The Swahili language is a mix between what two language groups?
What is Arabic and Bantu?
What ancient Europeans conquered all of North Africa by 54 AD?
What are the Romans?
What ancient Europeans conquered all of North Africa by 54 AD?
What are the Romans?
What ancient practice involved embalming a body and preserving its contents for the afterlife?
The people of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo practice what polytheistic religion?
What is Voodoo?
What trade routes connect South East Asia to the Swahili Coast?
What are the silk roads?
What medieval Germanic tribe conquered much of North Africa and sacked the city of Rome?
Who are the Vandals?
What medieval Germanic tribe conquered much of North Africa and sacked the city of Rome?
Who are the Vandals?
What is Polytheism?
The earliest known bi-pedal hominid that lived 3 million years ago is called what?
What is Australopithecus Afarensis?
What geographical term refers to these people that introduced bananas to the Bantu on the Swahili coast?
What is Austronesian?
The crusaders attacked what civilization in an attempt to control movement between Africa and Asia?
Egypt
The crusaders attacked what civilization in an attempt to control movement between Africa and Asia?
Egypt
This American city was named after the Ancient Egyptian capital of the “Old Kingdom”.
What is Memphis?