Physical Geography
Kush/Axum
Western Africa
Bantus
Society and Culture
100
Great southern desert of Africa
What is the Kalahari
100
Civilization conquered by Kush around 750 B.C.
What is Egypt?
100
Major river of the West African civilizations.
What is the Niger?
100
The Bantus share in farming and trading practices but are linked mostly by this.
What is language?
100
Extended family communities were known as
What are lineage groups?
200
The name for grasslands of Africa.
What is Savanna?
200
Capital and largest trading center of Kush.
What is Meroe?
200
The camel caravans were the "fleets of the desert" provided by these people.
Who are the Berbers?
200
Most Bantus converted to this religion by the 8th century.
What is Islam?
200
Because lineage groups were based on the mother they were this type of society.
What is matrilineal?
300
The great river of the central rain forests.
What is the Congo?
300
Two major trade items of Kush and Axum were slaves and
What is ivory?
300
This Malian king spread wealth on a famous hajj.
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
Leaders in the Bantu region were known as
What are Sultans?
300
This class of people foretold events for the Ashanti people of Ghana.
Who are diviners?
400
Region of continental splitting in the East.
What is Great Rift Valley?
400
Religion much of Axum converts to in the 4th century.
What is Christianity?
400
This was the famous intellectual city of ancient Mali.
What is Timbuktu?
400
This language was a mixture of Arabic and Bantu for the purpose of trade.
What is Swahili?
400
The Yoruba people of modern day Nigeria produced metalwork at this famous site.
What is Ife?
500
Arabic word for "coast" south of the Sahara.
What is Sahel?
500
Ruler of Axum able to conquer Kush to the west.
Who is Ezana?
500
Songhai became the largest African empire under the ruler of this dynasty.
What is Askia?
500
This coastal city had a large fort in the region of modern day Tanzania.
What is Kilwa?
500
These storytellers preserved history in West African culture.
Who are griots?
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