Geography
What African Country is bordered by the Mediterranean & Red Seas?
Egypt
What religion dominated the trading kingdoms?
Islam
The Nile
The Kongo River
How did these African Empires become wealthy?
Controlling trade routes
What is the name of the transitional zone between the Sahara & Savanna biomes?
Sahel
Traditional African Religions are practical or lived. What does that mean?
Mansa Musa was a king from what Empire?
Mali
How did people become slaves in Africa?
Kidnapped, criminals, owed a debt, Prisoners of War
What city was known for being a major trading center?
Timbuktu
What country is North of Nigeria and East of Mali?
Niger
Western African culture is centered around what?
Family
Islam
Great Zimbabwe is an example of this. (2 words)
City-State
Group of traders traveling together.
This mountain range runs from the Sudan to Tanzania?
The Great Rift Valley
Christianity & Islam
Axum was located south of what kingdom?
Kingdom of Kush
Europeans began exploring Africa after this started.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
What animal was important to Caravans?
Victoria Falls is between which two countries?
Zambia and Zimbabwe
What common language did Islam provide for traders?
Arabic
Who invaded Timbuktu, marking the decline of the Songhai empire?
Moroccans
When was the Berlin Confrence
1883-1884
When did these trade routes begin to decline?
The end of the Middle Ages.