Terms
What is the savannah?
The belief that some spirits lived in trees, rocks, rivers, or mountains, while others lived in the air.
What is animism?
The west coast of Africa was know as this because of the abundance of gold mined there.
What is the Gold Coast?
This ancient African empire grew from the extensive trade passing through western Africa around the 4th century.
What is Ghana?
Why did early African tribes need to migrate?
the soil became less productive, and the food for livestock decreased.
a narrow strip of land between the Sahara and the savannah
What is the Sahel?
The area in Africa that consisted of Aksum and all the territory below it.
What is Ethiopia?
What is Swahili?
The empire that was founded by Sunni Ali
What is Songhai?
How did Islam spread to sub-Saharan Africa?
Gradually through Muslim merchants
The largest family group in Africa.
What is a clan?
What are camels?
What is Kilwa?
King Sunjata defeated and absorbed territories to make a much larger empire called this...
What is Mali?
Through extensive trade that passed across western Africa.
This consisted of two or more clans that shared the same language, beliefs, and customs.
What is a tribe?
The slave that introduced Coptic Christianity to the king in Ethopia.
Who is Frumentius?
A leading city in the kingdom of Mali where merchants would travel to trade goods such as fabrics, ivory, spices, ostrich, feathers, gold, and slaves.
What is Timbuktu?
Merchants traded gold for salt in this empire.
What is Ghana?
What led to the decline of Timbuktu?
Warfare that disrupted trade and stopped the flow of wealth into the city.
A clan in Africa that believed in the god Ngai
What is Kikuyu?
The holy city of the Coptic Church that had churches carved out of rock.
What is Lalibela?
This word means "great house of stone" or "place of stone houses". It was a city-state that grew into an empire.
What is Zimbabwe?
The most famous mansa in Mali who was so rich he would give away his gold.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Why was the west coast of Africa referred to as the Gold Coast?
The abundance of gold mined in this region.