Ghana And Mali
What item did Ghana and Mali trade with the North Africans?
Gold.
How did the Swahili traders live?
In city states
Which Country was the first to take slaves from Africa?
Portugal
What was the name of the man who wrote about his trip across the Sahara?
Ibn Battuta
What did the European states outlaw in the 1800s?
Slave Trade
Name the 8geographicala features of Africa
Sahara desert, Kalahari desert, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Niger River, Nile river, Zambezi River.
Name one of the two African Countries that remained independent
Liberia, Ethopia
Where did the Europeans take the African slaves?
The New World (America)
What were the storytellers or people who passed on the history of Africa called?
Griots
Name 4 countries that ruled parts of Africa?
Great Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain
Name what the Swahili traders got from Africa, India, Arab, and China?
Africa: ivory, iron, gold
China: Porcelian, silk, jade
Arab: incensce, carpets, glass
India: Rice, cotton, spices
Why did the Europeans need slaves and how many slaves in total were taken?
To grow crops in the new world and over 10 million.
By what did the Swahili traders travel by.
Hint: like Seasons
Monsoon,
Definition of Imperialism
When a militarily powerful country takes over a free land and rules it.
Why did the Europeans think it was okay to take over Africa.
They claimed that Africa had no history civilizations of their own.