Vocab I
Vocab II
Important Things
Past Important Things
Miscellaneous
100
This was a region of Africa that covers parts of Egypt and Sudan.
What is Nubia?
100
This was a kingdom that rose to power int he fourth century AD in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
What is Aksum?
100
This is the belief that all things have a soul.
What is animism?
100
This term refers to a preserved remain of early life.
What is a fossil?
100
This refers to the passing down of traditions from generation to generation by word of mouth.
What is oral tradition?
200
This was a powerful ancient kingdom of Nubia.
What is Kush?
200
This is the area in eastern Africa in which Aksum was located.
What is the Horn of Africa?
200
This was an official storyteller in early African societies who helped convey history.
What is a griot?
200
This is a type of source that was written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event.
What is a primary source?
200
This means the belief in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
300
This was a Kushite king who conquered Egypt.
Who is Piankhi?
300
This was the main trading port of Aksum.
What is Adulis?
300
This was an early culture of west Africa.
What is the Nok?
300
This refers to a person who moves from place to place.
What is a nomad?
300
King Ezana is remembered for making this the official religion.
What is Christianity?
400
This was the capital of Kush starting about 590 BC and a center of trade.
What is Meroe?
400
This was a powerful king of Aksum who helped the kingdom achieve greatness.
Who is Ezana?
400
This was an early culture of west Africa that eventually migrated to other places.
What is Bantu?
400
This term refers to a period of little rainfall.
What is a drought?
400
This was one of Aksum's greatest achievements in architecture.
What are the Pillars of Aksum?
500
This is the process of heating mineral-bearing material to separate the elements.
What is smelting?
500
This word refers to a leveled-off area of land.
What is terrace?
500
This word means the moving from one region to another.
What is migration?
500
This was an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels.
What is a ziggurat?
500
This refers to the expansion of dry, desertlike conditions into fertile areas.
What is desertification?
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