African Civilizations
Which civilization was the first West African trading Kingdom
Ghana
This desert stretches across the northern part of Africa
Sahara
The King of Mali-Richest Man
Mansa Musa
Which city became an important trading city of the Mali Empire?
Timbuktu
The person responsible for reciting oral African traditions and history.
Griot
Mansa Musa was the King of which civilization?
Mali
This sea is to the North of Africa
Meditteranean Sea
Sunni Baru did not share the same faith as many of his subjects and was overthrown by _________.
Muhammad Ture
Christianity
What does the word "Bantu" mean?
People
This civilization was home to the pyramids and Pharaohs
Egypt
Which river runs through Egypt and Kush
Nile
What do we call an Egyptian King
Pharaoh
Ghana was on the trade routes of what?
Salt and Gold
The social class structure of West African empires
Clan
Kingdom that had become the most powerful by about 1150?
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Prince and Founder of the Mali Empire
Sundiata
What animal was needed to trade across the desert
Camel
The connection based on family relationships.
kinship
_________was a Bantu kingdom.
Great Zimbabwe
The ecosystems that make up Africa's geography
Desert
Sahel
Savanna
Rainforest
He became the ruler of Songhai when he was 50 years old.
Askia the Great
Which objects did Nok create out of iron?
spears, arrows
Which languages blended with Bantu to create Swahili?
Arab and Persian