African Geography
North Africa
West Africa
Sahelian Empires
100

This is the longest river in Africa.

What is the Nile River?

100

This was a North African commodity along with gold and slaves.

What is salt?

100

This man was known to be the richest man in history.

Who is Mansa Musa?

100

This is the oldest of the Sahelian Empires.

What is the Kingdom of Ghana?

200

The highest peak in Africa.

What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?

200

These trains of camels were used for travel and trade across the Sahara Desert.

What are caravans?

200

This river is the largest in West Africa and third largest in the continent.

What is the Niger River?

200

Sahelian kings achieved much of their wealth through taxation and the mining of this precious metal.

What is gold?

300

This is the largest lake in Africa.

What is Lake Victoria?

300

This ethnic group was the first to introduce Islam to Africa.

Who are the Arabs?

300

This farming system allowed domesticated animals to roam for food and groups like the Fulani to travel from place to place.

What is pastoralism?

300

The last of the Sahelian Empires.

What is the Songhai Empire?

400

This region divides the Sahara Desert and Sub-Saharan Africa.

What is the Sahel region?

400

This desert was home to the Kingdom of Kush.

What is the Nubian Desert?

400

This is one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria along with Hausa and Igbo.

What is Yoruba?

400

Mansa Musa made Mali famous by taking a pilgrimage to this holy city.

What is Mecca?

500

This mountain range stretches across Northwest Africa.

What are the Atlas Mountains?

500

This sea is located right above North Africa.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

500

These talented storytellers were responsible for preserving the history of Africa through oral tradition before books were introduced.

What is a griot?

500

The founder of the Mali Empire.

Who was Sundiata Keita?

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