North & South
What major landform did many of the trade routes between Western Africa and the Mediterranean have to cross?
Sahara
The kingdom of Axum rose along which body of water's coast?
Red Sea
What ruler of Mali is famous for his lavish trip to Mecca?
Mansa Musa
This means "desert" in Arabic.
Sahara
What is the name for Europeans rushing to acquire as much of Africa as possible?
Scramble for Africa
What was the main mode of transportation along the African trade routes?
camels
What kingdom shared the Nile River with the Egyptians?
Kush
What were the two main goods traded by West African kingdoms?
gold and salt
What is the name for the transition zone between the Sahara and savanna?
Sahel
What country took over the Kongo and had its king treat the area as his own personal colony?
Belgium (King Leopold II)
This can mean both a large group of pack animals or a company of travelers on a journey through a desert or hostile regions
caravan
What steep-sided building did the Kush build? (They built more of than the Egyptians!)
Pyramids
What religion spread throughout Western Africa due to trade?
Islam
What set of mountains lies in Morocco along the Mediterranean coast of Africa?
Atlas Mountains
What meeting led European nations to divide Africa among themselves?
Berlin Conference
These extensive stone ruins of an African Iron Age city are leftover from a large trading empire with many tall, curving walls and domesticated animals
Great Zimbabwe
Around 320 CE, missionaries brought a new religion to Axum, making King Ezana the first ________ king in Africa.
Christian
What technology did the Nok people learn around 500 BCE that allowed them to more easily farm?
iron tools
You can find this type of biome in the Congo River Basin, in the "heart of Africa".
Which African country remained independent during the Scramble for Africa?
Ethiopia
What European country from Iberia was the first to explore the coast of Africa and begin trading?
Portugal
What are the two starting points for the Nile River?
The Blue Nile originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia
The White Nile originates at Lake Victoria in Tanzania
What river ran along much of the Songhai, Ghana, and Mali Empires?
Niger River
This region of Africa is home to many lakes, valleys, and highlands created by continental plate movement.
East African Rift
Where was the first colony established in South Africa?
Cape Town