Geography
Tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs.
savanna
Griots
Portuguese settlers brought this plant to their colonies in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. They made a really sweet deal when selling this cash crop.
sugarcane
This Arab lawyer from Morocco chronicled his extensive trip to visit most of the Muslim world.
Ibn Battuta
African trading boats were called this.
Dhows
an area of high and mostly flat land.
a plateau
A group of people descended from the same ancestor is called this.
clan
This man was the richest man to have ever lived. He was a Mali king that traded in gold and other goods. Don't be salty.
Mansa Musa
Gospel songs sung by Africans that influenced the modern music of America and beyond were called this.
Spirituals
In eastern Africa, this new society arose as a blend of African and Muslim cultures. There is also an African language named after this culture.
Swahili.
The world's largest desert.
the Sahara
stories passed down from generation to generation
oral history
Mali's first king was this leader who ruled from 1230-1255.
Sundiata Keita.
This leader of Songhai came to power in 1464, and seized control of Timbuktu.
Sunni Ali
This trade empire became wealthy due to its location on the Red Sea in eastern Africa.
Axum
This desert is located in the southern region of Africa.
The Kalahari.
This trading empire became the first powerful western African empire in 400 BCE
Ghana
This trading empire rose to power in the 1200s after defeating Ghana.
Mali
The Songhai empire reached its height under this ruler in 1493 by dividing the empire into provinces.
Mohammad Ture.
This type of landform and climate zone can be found in equatorial Africa. The silverbacks love it.
Rain forest
This climate zone has adequate rainfall, warm temperatures, and fertile land.
The Mediterranean
This traveling Arab writer discusses local customs of Ghana.
Abdullah Abu-Ubayd Al-Bakri.
The most famous trading city in Mali was this city.
Timbuktu
Tracing family members through mothers rather than fathers.
matrillineal
This king of Axum converted his people to Christianity in 334.
King Ezana