Vocabulary
People
Kingdoms
Facts!
Random
100
climate change that causes land to be parched, eventually turning into desert
What is desertification?
100
made a pilgrimage to Mecca
Who is Mansa Musa?
100
built great walled cities
What is the Hausa?
100
major trading items of the West African kingdoms
What is gold and salt?
100
kingdom with the name that means "of great stone"
What is Great Zimbabwe?
200
waterfalls
What are cataracts?
200
sickly man who crushed his enemies, gained control of the gold trade routes and founded the empire of Mali
Who is Sundiata?
200
lived in the rainforest and famous for their bronze statues
What is the Benin kingdom?
200
major religions of Northern Africa
What is Christianity and Islam?
200
people whose opinions were valued voiced their views before a final agreement was reached
What is a consensus?
300
more than needed
What is a surplus?
300
came to power in Ethiopia and built 11 Christian churches
Who is King Lalilbela?
300
charged tax for travelers entering and leaving
What is Ghana?
300
occupies the greater part of Northern Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
300
a valuable product
What is a commodity?
400
professional storyteller
What is a griot?
400
created a language that has yet to be deciphered
Who are the Nubians?
400
isolated from other African states because of choice of religion
What is Axum?
400
4 major climate zones of Africa
What is the savanna, dry woodland, desert, and mediterranean?
400
major learning and trading center of Mali and Songhai
What is Timbuktu?
500
inheritance passed down through the mother's side
What is matrilineal?
500
founded the kingdom of Songhai and did not choose to follow Islam
Who is Sonni Ali?
500
Arab version of the Mandinka word that means "where the king dwells"
What is Mali?
500
foundation of all African languages
What is Bantu?
500
"of the coast"; blend of African and Arabic language
What is Swahili?
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