Mesopotamia
Name one (1) of the two rivers used by the Mesopotamians
Tigris or Euphrates
What was the name of the main river used by the Egyptians?
The Nile River
What were the two (2) most highly traded goods in West Africa?
Salt & Gold
Which of the following was the FIRST central African kingdom:
Luba, Lunda, Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Kongo
Zimbabwe (1200s)
What modern country were the Aztecs mainly located in?
Mexico
What is the first ever system of writing? (This was invented and used by the Mesopotamians)
Cuneiform
Egypt was originally split into two (2) regions. What were they called?
Lower Egypt & Upper Egypt
What desert made up most of north Africa?
The Sahara Desert
Which European country arrived in Africa in the 1400s? (They brought Christianity with them)
Portugal
Who was the leader of the Spanish army that arrived in Central America?
Hernan Cortes
Large Mesopotamian temples were called...
Ziggurats
What is "the belief in many gods"?
Polytheism
Which Western African king is best known for his pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)?
Mansa Musa (King of Mali)
Which two (2) central African kingdoms were ruled by two brothers?
Luba & Lunda
What are three (3) reasons the Spanish were able to defeat the Aztecs?
Better weapons, better military strategy, disease, desire for treasure, local tribes helped them.
The first ever written code of laws was called...
(Hint: An eye for an eye)
Hammurabi's Code
Who is the most famous (and youngest) Egyptian pharaoh?
King Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
Which central African kingdom fell after their king died in a civil war?
Mutapa
What disease did the Spanish unintentionally bring with them from Spain?
Smallpox
Name the four (4) groups that at one point came to power in Mesopotamia
(Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians)
Which Egyptian pharaoh forced Egypt to abandon their gods and become Monotheistic? (He is the most hated pharaoh)
Akhenaten
What is the name of the region in Africa (north Africa) where Islam first started to spread?
The Maghrib
Which central African kingdom did the Portuguese arrive to first?
Kongo
What was the capital city of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan
The first ever recorded story
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Who was the son of Isis and Osiris?
Horus
Arabic term for indigenous people of northern Africa
Berbers
Which central African kingdom was the last to fall?
Kongo
Who was the last king of the Aztecs?
Montezuma (Moctezuma)