Geography
What is considered the largest language group in Africa?
What is Bantu
Africans created these in tribute to their gods, usually carved out of wood, natural materials, even sometimes turtle shells
What are masks
a sailboat using wind-catching triangular sails
What is a dhow
What is the Quran
This empire was built upon gold mines and West African Rainforests
What is Ghana
What is the Sahara
What are drums
The unique culture of Africa's east coast and the language later created and spoken there
What is Swahili
What is: Muslims could not be enslaved, but non-muslims could
Children's education was sought to include these in addition to academics to make their life "well rounded"
What are life skills
an area of high and mostly flat land
What is a plateau
These were animals used successfully for trade throughout the Mediterranean
What are camels
This is the process of tracing family decent through the mother
What is matrilineal
The way Islam arrived in Africa
What is: Arab merchants and traders introduced West Africans to Islam
This mighty leader influenced heavily the Islamic economy by bringing riches from Africa to Mecca (The Holy City)
Who is Mansa Musa
The Four Different Distinct Geographic Zones of Africa
What are: rainforest, grasslands, desert, Mediterranean
These three resources were the most sought after resource to connect one to power
What is the gold, ivory, and salt
This is an ancient African traditional story teller
What is a griot
This African Kingdom became the 1st to establish Christianity as it's official religion
What is the Kingdom of Axum
Mansa Musa was king of this territory and brought it into prosperity in the late 400s AD
What is Mali
This climate zone can be found most parts of Central or Southern Africa
What is the Savanna
This is the way history was passed down from one generation to the next
What is oral tradition / oral storytelling
What is a clan.
This word means "the worship of multiple gods"
What is: monotheism
The word meaning women control the government / leadership of a tribe or group
What is Matriarchy