Hunting Gathering Societies
Terms and Names
West African Civilizations
West Africa Continued
Eastern City-States and Southern Empires
100
Group of people descended from a common ancestor?
What is lineage
100
In what year did Ghana become an empire?
What is 800
100
West African empire that grew rich from trade
What is Ghana
100
West African empire that conquered Mali
What is Songhai
100
Language that is a blend of Arabic and Bantu
What is Swahili
200
Societies without central governments
What is Stateless societies
200
What religion was most often converted to by the kings
What is Islam
200
Another West African empire that grew rich from trade
What is Mali
200
West African people who lived in several city-states of what is now northern Nigeria.
What is Hausa
200
City that grew into an empire built on the gold trade.
What is Great Zimbabwe
300
Tracing ancestry though the father
What is Patrilineal
300
Only the kind could own these expensive items during this time period.
What is Gold nuggets
300
Founder and first emperor of the kingdom of Mali
What is Sundiata
300
West African people who formed several kingdoms in what is now Benin.
What is Yoruba
300
Southern African empire established by the leader Mutota
What is Mutapa
400
Tracing ancestry through the mother
What is Matrilineal
400
Islamic group that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain during the 11th century.
What is Almoravids
400
Mali ruler who created a large kingdom of Mali
What is Mansa Musa
400
Kingdom that arose near the Niger River and became a major West African state.
What is Benin
400
Arab traders sold "bowls" made of this material
What is Porcelain
500
Part of North Africa that is today the Mediterranean coast of Morocco
What is Maghrib
500
Islamic group that established an empire in North Africa and southern Spain during the 11th century.
What is Almoravids
500
14th century traveler who visited most of the islamic world.
What is Ibn Battuta
500
This leader was credited with the conquest of Timbuktu
What is Sunni Ali
500
How many slaves per year were traded during the Muslim slave trade.
What is 1,000
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