West Africa
This type of government allowed Ghana and Mali to become powerful states.
What is centralized government?
This culture and language are found throughout East Africa's coastline.
What is Swahili?
This building is the place of worship in Islam
What is a mosque?
This geographic area, covered mostly by grass, was good for raising animals.
What is the Savanna?
This Mali king established Islam as the official faith of Mali and tolerated other faiths.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Swahili is a culture that was based on the blending of these two cultures.
What are African and Muslim cultures?
Enslaved Africans sung these songs on religious faith and freedom.
What are spirituals?
These two trade goods help make the West African Kingdoms incredibly wealthy.
What is gold and salt?
Some gold from West Africa reached these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
This West African kingdom became dominant after Mali collapsed.
What is Songhai?
This group of people believed by many African groups to be able to tell the future.
What are diviners?
The Bantu brought these type of tools across Africa.
What are iron tools?
The Portuguese used African slave labor to harvest this major crop.
This is the holiest city in Islam.
What is Mecca (Makkah)?
This African nation was first centralized West African kingdom able to become wealthy by taxing trade and having a large army.
What is Ghana?
This group of people largely migrated across Eastern and southern Africa.
What is Bantu?
In early Africa, most villagers were this profession.
What are farmers?
These two peoples brought Islam to west Africa from the trans-Saharan trade routes.
What are the Berbers and Arabs?
Most of Africa is covered by this geographic feature.
What are plateaus?
These people were storytellers who used oral history to remember their past.
What are griots?
This type of boat was used by Arabian traders to contact, trade, and settle throughout East Africa.
What are Dhows?
This group of related peoples are descended from the same ancestor.
What is a clan?
These people brought the Camels to Africa from Asia.
Who are the Romans?
Mansa Musa was the king of which kingdom?
What is the Kingdom of Mali?