Aksum
Aksum became wealthy by trading goods like ivory and gold through this body of water.
What is the Red Sea?
This leader of Mali is famously known as the richest man to live and made a hajj from Mali to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
What is Manikongo?
This major body of water spans the western coast of Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This term means the places where cultures originate and develop.
What is cultural hearth?
Aksum adopted this major world religion in the 300s CE.
What is Christianity?
Mali adopted this religion throughout its urban centers (cities)?
What is Islam?
The Kongolese adopted this religion in combination with traditional practices.
What is Christianity?
This sea famously assisted Aksum's trade opportunities and connections to the Middle East & Asia.
What is the Red Sea?
Dance, food, and language are all aspects of this part of culture.
What is surface/seen culture?
Aksum constructed these major monuments to honor their kings.
What are stelae or obelisks?
Mali became rich by trading these TWO resources.
What is salt and gold?
What are nature and ancestors (spirits)?
This geographic feature is an arid transition zone that separates the Sahara Desert from the savanna and was a major part of life in Mali.
What is the Sahel?
Islam spread to Mali through this economic exchange.
What is trade?
This King was the first in his line to adopt Christianity.
Who is King Ezana?
This city became a center of learning in Mali.
What is Timbuktu?
This was the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo.
What is Mbanza Kongo?
The modern nation of Angola is located in parts of this historic African kingdom.
What is the Kingdom of Kongo?
Kongo adopted architectural designs with this building material after contact and trade with the Portuguese.
What is stone?
This writing system was used in Aksum.
What is Ge'ez?
These storytellers passed oral stories from generation to generation, like the epic of Sundiata Keita.
Who are griots?
This Manikongo famously converted to Christianity after his father. Later, this king would request that the Portuguese stop illegally kidnapping his citizens.
Who is Afonso I?
This natural feature helped protect Aksum from invasions.
What are mountains/highlands?
These are the four ways that culture spreads.
What is immigration, trade, communication, and force.