Africa and the Bantu
Kingdoms of West Africa
East Africa's Trading Centers
Geography
Potpourri
100
How long did the Bantu people migration last?
1000 years
100
This ruler brought Islam to the kingdom of Mali?
Mansa Musa
100
This ruler of Aksum brought made Christianity the official religion?
King Ezana
100
This area of Africa is hot, dry place of sand dunes.
Desert
100
A mass movement of people
Migration
200
Why did the Bantu people migrated?
In search of better farmland
200
A city with it own government that controls much of the surrounding land
City-state
200
Kilwa was a Muslim city that thrived because of?
Trade with foreign lands
200
This area of Africa has hot, moist climates?
Rainforests
200
A Bantu-language with Arabic words, spoken at the east coast.
Swahili
300
a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor
Clan
300
this was one of the most important kingdoms of the West African forests
Benin or Ile-Ife
300
The Muslim traders finally drove off the rulers from this Kingdom in order to gain control of the Red Sea
Aksum
300
This is the largest desert in Africa and the world?
Sahara desert
300
Was the first Kingdom of West Africa based on Gold and Salt trade.
Ghana
400
Stories passed down by word of mouth?
Oral history
400
What were the two most important products that were traded in West Africa?
Salt and Gold
400
Cut off from the rest of the world, Ethiopians developed their own form of?
Christianity
400
Africa's rain forest are located on either side of?
Equator
400
What skill did the Bantu people carry with them?
Metal working
500
What did the Bantu- people spread across Africa as they migrated?
Their language and Culture
500
Muslim Scholars brought religion, mathematics, medicine, and law to this empire?
Mali
500
The port cities of East Africa traded with which country?
China, India, and Southwest Asia
500
This is an area of gently rolling land covered by grasses
Savanna
500
The Kingdoms from south east Africa traded gold and?
Ivory
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