Bantu
What types of environments did the Bantu people settled in?
What is rainforests, savannas, mountains, rivers valleys, and coastal plains
What environment do the Ashantis live in?
Tropical forests
The Swahili live along what coast?
The East coast
Arabs recite to what book?
The Quran
What group resides in the Sahara region?
Arabs
Where are the Bantu peoples located? (Two answers required)
What is DRC, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia
The Ashanti people live mainly in...
Forested interior of south-central Ghana
What did cities trade to become wealthy?
Ivory, gold, spices, tortoise shell, and porcelain
Where are the Arabs located?
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, northern Sudan, and parts of Mauritania.
Animism is what?
The belief that spirits inhabit natural features such as rivers, trees, mountains, rocks, and animals
What major rivers did the Bantu peoples settle along?
What is Congo, Zambezi, and Limpopo
When was the Ashanti Empire united?
1701
Name one Swahili word
Jambo, Habari, Asante, Karibu, Kwaheri, and Maji
Arabs live in what physical features of Northern Africa?
The Sahara, Atlas Mountains, and the Nile River
The Arabs live near what sea?
The Mediterranean Sea
When did Bantu migrations begin?
What is about 2000 BCE
Ashanti cultural traditions are closely tied to their what?
Their homeland
Kiswahili, the Swahili language is a what language?
A Bantu language
When did the Arabs arrive?
In the 600s and 700s
What rivers did the Bantu peoples settle on?
Congo, Zambezi, and Limpopo
How many people speak Bantu languages?
What is over 200 million
What is the symbol of the Ashanti?
The Golden Stool
Swahili listen to what kind of music?
Taarab music
Arab clothing includes...
Flowing robes and head coverings
Swahili coastal towns are also known as what?
City-states