African Geography
What region of Africa has huge trees, vines, and heavy rainfall?
Rainforest
What is spoken history passed down through generations called?
Oral history
Who made Christianity the official religion of Aksum?
King Ezana
What religion did Arabian merchants bring to West Africa?
Islam
Which people migrated from the Benue River to southern Africa?
Bantu
What grassy area with few trees is good for crops and cattle?
Savanna
What is the study of ruins and artifacts from the past?
Archaeology
Who built Mali into an empire by conquering Ghana?
Sundiata Keita
What valuable animal did the Tuareg prize most?
Camel
Which two groups used click languages?
San and Khoikhoi
What desert area has water and fertile land?
Oasis
What African storyteller preserved village history?
Griot
Which ruler made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
What language became the language of trade in eastern Africa?
Swahili
What did the Shona build from stone?
Zimbabwes
What forms when mountains block rainfall from reaching lowlands?
What was the main reason Ghana became wealthy and powerful?
Rain shadow desert
It controlled the gold and salt trade.
What scholar studies languages?
Linguist
Who established the Songhai Empire?
Sunni Ali
What helped Ghana become a powerful trading center?
Gold and salt trade
What valuable resource lay south of Ghana?
Gold mines
How do geographers often organize Africa to study its land and people?
By region
What scientist traces people’s movements by studying crops?
What is the Horn of Africa?
Botanist
A peninsula in northeastern Africa that sticks out into the Indian Ocean.
Which city became a center of Islamic learning in Songhai?
Timbuktu
Why were traders important in Africa?
They spread wealth and ideas
Why was Morocco able to defeat Songhai?
Its army was better equipped and trained
What are the two oceans named on the Chapter 12 map?
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
What four methods help historians learn about Africa besides written records?
Linguistics, botany, archaeology, and oral history
Why did the price of gold drop where Mansa Musa traveled?
He gave away so much gold.
What were two similarities of the eastern African coastal cities?
They spoke Swahili and adopted Islam.
What two groups pushed the San and Khoikhoi from their homes?
The Bantu migrations pushed them from their homes.