Geography of Africa
What large desert in North Africa limits where people can live?
What is the Sahara Desert?
What was the ancient kingdom discovered in South Africa in the 1930s?
What is Mapungubwe?
What is the name of the traditional Rwandan basket?
What is Agaseke?
What empire was located in West Africa between 1235–1670?
What is the Mali Empire?
Masks from this region were used in ceremonies and rituals.
What is Central Africa (especially Congo)?
What question arises when African masks are displayed in museums without context?
What is whether they lose their meaning outside rituals?
Why do most Africans live near rivers and coasts?
What is access to water and trade?
What valuable metal was found with royal graves at Mapungubwe?
What is gold?
How did Agaseke baskets help Rwandan women after the genocide?
What is by providing income and empowerment?
What was the Mali Empire’s main source of wealth?
What is the gold and salt trade?
What are the ceremonies involving masks, music, and dance called?
What are masquerades?
What does the use of gold or shells in art often symbolize?
What is power or wealth?
How does Africa’s size compare to the United States?
What is about three times larger?
Which later civilization was famous for its stone architecture and trade networks?
What is Great Zimbabwe?
What East African group is known for intricate beadwork used in ceremonies?
Who are the Maasai?
Who was Mali’s most famous and wealthy ruler?
Who is Mansa Musa?
Who are the only women traditionally allowed to wear masks in West or Central Africa?
Who are members of the Sande Society?
How does trade influence culture and art?
What is by introducing new materials, ideas, and values?
What natural feature explains the population gap in North-Central Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert?
Why is it controversial who built Great Zimbabwe?
What is because colonial scholars denied African origins?
How did international trade change the meaning of traditional art like beadwork?
What is it added commercial value and global recognition?
What material was once used as currency across Africa?
What is the cowrie shell?
What statue was used to “hunt” down community problems or seal contracts?
What is the Nkisi Nkondi?
Why might it be difficult to preserve ancient African sites like the mosques of Djenné or Timbuktu?
What is because of desert sand, erosion, and limited resources?
Why are Africa’s regions studied separately in art history?
What is because the continent is large and culturally diverse?
Why do historians say Mapungubwe was “rediscovered”?
What is because it was abandoned and later found by archaeologists?
How did the meaning of Agaseke change over time?
What is from a family gift to a symbol of hope and women’s strength?
What famous mosque shows Islamic influence in West African architecture?
What is the Great Mosque of Djenné?
Why did Christian missionaries destroy many Nkisi Nkondi statues?
What is they believed the statues contained evil spirits?
What larger question does the slideshow raise about art and history?
What is whether it’s more important to protect history or improve people’s lives today?