Geography
Kingdom of Mali
Kilwa/East Africa
Vocabulary
Byzantine Throwback
100
What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
What is Nile River
100
Who was the most famous king of Mali
What is Mansa Musa
100
What ocean is to the east of Africa?
Indian Ocean
100
This network of trade brought goods across the Sahara Desert
What is the Trans Saharan Trade Route
100
Who was Justinian's wife?
What is Theodora
200
What is another name for savannah?
What is grassland
200
What does the word "mansa" mean?
King of Kings
200
Who brought Islam to East Africa?
Arabic Traders
200
Having little or no rain; very dry.
What is arid?
200
Name any major achievement of Emperor Justinian
What is expanded territory, built the Haagia Sofia, created the Justinian Code of Law.
300
Which geographic feature takes up most of Northern Africa?
What is Sahara Desert
300
Which three geographic zone were included in the territory of Mali
What is grassland, Niger River, and Sahara dessert
300
Name 3 of the 4 most important trade goods EXPORTED by East African city states
What is ivory, gold, timber, or slaves
300
What is it called when a language, religion, tradition, etc. spreads from one place to another?
What is cultural diffusion
300
Who was the first Byzantine Emperor?
What is Constantine
400
Which 3 cities that we've studied are located along the Niger River?
What is Jenne, Timbuktu, and Gao
400
Name the 3 most important raw materials traded by Mali
What is gold, salt, and copper
400
Which direction to the monsoon winds blow during the summer months?
Northeast
400
This is a mixture of Arabic, Persian, and Bantu Languages
Swahili
400
Who made Christianity the state religion of the Byzantines
What is Theodosius
500
What are the 3 laws of Geography?
1. Trade occurs where 2 geographic zones meet 2. Geography Influences culture 3. Technology changes the way that we interact with geography.
500
Who was the first king of Mali?
What is Sunjiata
500
Name the 2 cities from our map that are on the east coast of Africa
Kilwa and Dar Es Salaam
500
The arrangement of geographic features in a region
Topography
500
Who was Justinian's most famous general, who conquered the city of Rome?
What is Belisarius.
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