West Africa
East Africa
Society
Trade
Geography and Human Geography
100

This type of government allowed Ghana and Mali to become powerful states.

What is centralized government?

100

This culture and language are found throughout East Africa's coastline.

What is Swahili?

100

This building is the place of worship in Islam

What is a mosque?

100
This animal made it possible to trade goods across the Sahara desert.
What is a camel?
100

This geographic area, covered mostly by grass, was good for raising animals.

What is the Savanna?

200

This Mali king established Islam as the official faith of Mali and tolerated other faiths.

Who is Mansa Musa?

200

Swahili is a culture that was based on the blending of these two cultures.

What is African and Muslim cultures?

200

Enslaved Africans sung these songs on religious faith and freedom.

What are spirituals?

200

These two trade goods help make the West African Kingdoms incredibly wealthy.

What is gold and salt?

200

Some gold from West Africa reached these two continents.

What is Europe and Asia?

300

This west African kingdom became dominant after Mali collapsed.

What is Songhai?

300

This type of boat was used by Arabian traders to contact, trade, and settle throughout East Africa.

What is dhows?

300

The Bantu brought these type of tools across Africa.

What are iron tools? 

300

The Portuguese used African slave labor to harvest this major crop.

What is sugarcane?
300

This is the holiest city in Islam.

What is Mecca (Makkah)?

400

This African nation was first centralized West African able to become wealthy by taxing trade and having a large army.

What is Ghana?


400

This group of people largely migrated across Eastern and southern Africa.

What is Bantu?

400

In early Africa, most villagers were this profession.

What are farmers?

400

These two peoples brought Islam to west Africa from the trans-Saharan trade routes.

What are the Berbers and Arabs?

400

Most of Africa is covered by this geographic feature.

What are plateaus?

500

These people were storytellers who used oral history to remember their past.

What is griots?

500
These group of people believed by many African groups to be able to tell the future.

What is diviners?

500

This group of related peoples are descended from the same ancestor. 

What is a clan?

500

These people brought the Camels to Africa from Asia.

Who are the Romans?

500

Mansa Musa was the king of which kingdom?

What is the Kingdom of Mali?

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