Geography of Africa
The world’s largest hot desert located in North Africa
Answer: What is the Sahara Desert?
One of the earliest kingdoms of West Africa known for gold
Answer: What is Ghana?
Valuable resource that helped African kingdoms grow wealthy
What is gold?
A common way African history was passed down
Answer: What is oral tradition?
Famous ruler of Mali known for his pilgrimage to Mecca
Answer: Who is Mansa Musa?
Major river that supported farming and trade in West Africa
What is the Niger River?
Empire that replaced Ghana and became very powerful
What is Mali?
System where goods were exchanged without money
What is bartering?
Religion that spread to Africa through trade
What is Islam?
City that became a center of learning and trade
What is Timbuktu?
Large grassland region south of the Sahara
What is the savanna?
Powerful trading empire that followed Mali
What is Songhai?
Routes used to move goods across the Sahara
What are trans-Saharan trade routes?
Language group spoken by many West Africans
What is Bantu?
Songhai ruler who improved government and trade
Who is Askia the Great?
How geography helped protect African kingdoms
What are deserts and natural barriers?
Empire known for strong military and control of trade
What is Songhai?
Two major goods traded across the Sahara
What are gold and salt?
Type of schools found in Timbuktu
What are Islamic schools or universities?
Title given to rulers of Mali
What is Mansa?
Why rivers were important to African civilizations
What is they provided water, trade routes, and fertile land?
How wealth affected African empires
What is it allowed growth, armies, and trade expansion?
How trade helped spread ideas and religion
What is through contact between different cultures?
One lasting cultural impact of African civilizations
What is art, music, storytelling, or religion?
Why Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage was important
What is it showed Mali’s wealth and spread Islam?