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Oasis
a fertile area in the desert with water.
Geographers often organize Africa by ______ to aid in studying its land and people.
Regions
Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to Mecca...
because he was a devout Muslim.
The village ______ would tell stories to remind a village of its past.
Griot
Whose migration route did the linguists trace from the Benue river to southern Africa?
Bantu
Rain Shadow Desert
a lowland area that receives little rain.
Four ways of learning about people and their history other than written records are linguistics, botany, archaeology, and _______.
Oral history
The price of gold dropped in the region Mansa Musa traveled to...
because the Malian king gave away so much gold.
Ghana could control all the trade of salt and gold because there were _____ mines to its south.
Gold
What civilization did King Ezana influence by making Christianity its official religion?
Aksum
Rainforest
an area with huge trees and vines and a large variety of wildlife.
Historians divide Africa's early peoples into groups by common _______.
Langauge
The city of Songhai became and empire...
because Sunni Ali led the fight for its independence and conquered the cities in the area.
Arabian merchants brought the religion of _____ to Ghana.
Islam
Who made Mali an empire by conquering Ghana and taking control of the gold and salt trade?
Sundiata Keita
Savanna
an area with tall grasses and few trees.
Why was Morocco able to defeat Songhai?
Its army was better equipped and trained.
The international trade of African slave became widespread in the 1600s...
because Europeans wanted slaves for their colonies in North and South America.
The Tuareg's most valuable possession was the _____.
Camel
Where was Songhai's center of Islamic faith and learning located?
Timbuktu
In what parts of Africa did Christianity spread through efforts of European missionaries?
Central and Southern.
What was NOT true of the San and the Khoikhoi?
They lived in rainforests of Central Africa.
Traders were important to Africa...
because they helped spread wealth and ideas.
The Shona built Zimbabwes out of _______.
Stone
Which ruler was not a subject of African legends?
Mansa Musa