Geography
What is the large area of grasslands?
Savannah
What was the region in Africa where gold was mined in abundance?
Gold Coast
What is the trade language composed of words from Bantu, Arabic, and English?
Swahili
Who was the former slave who introduced Coptic Christianity to Ethiopia?
Frumentius
In whom did almost all Africans believe?
High God
What is a wide strip of land between the Sahara and the savannah?
Sahel
Who was the king of Mali who gave away so much gold it was devalued?
Mansa Musa
What is the largest family group in African society?
Clan
What are the countries from which merchants from African towns traded?
Arabia, China, and India
What are the religions practiced in Africa during this time period?
Animism, Islam, and Coptic Christianity
What city is located in western Africa on the Niger River?
Timbuktu
What countries are in West Africa?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
What is made up of two or more clans and share the same language, beliefs, and customs?
Tribe
What city-state built near the Sabi River that has a name that means "great house of stone"?
Zimbabwe
What religion composed the first written history of Africa?
Islam
What is the desert located in Northern Egypt?
Sahara
What animals did West Africans use for desert travel?
Camels
What was the most important element of traditional African culture?
Family
What was a key port in Zimbabwe and known for its impressive buildings of coral?
Kilwa
What is the clan that believed in one god, Ngai?
Kikuyu
What two empires became Ethiopia?
Aksum and Kush
Who founded the empire of Songhai and conquered the city of Timbuktu?
Sunni Ali
What material did Africans forge into tools and use as a form of money in some areas?
Iron
What city had churches carved out of rock underground?
Lalibela
What is the belief that spirits live in the trees, mountains, rocks, rivers, and in the air?
Animism