African Empires
This West African city was a major center of trade and learning.
Timbuktu
This river is the primary source of water for Egypt.
The Nile River
This late-1800s event involved European competition for African land and resources.
The Scramble for Africa
This trade forcibly transported millions of Africans to the Americas.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
This African kingdom resisted British rule in southern Africa.
The Zulu Kingdom
This empire controlled much of the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.
The Mali Empire
This desert made trade difficult but profitable.
The Sahara Desert
This 1884–1885 meeting divided Africa among European powers.
The Berlin Conference
One major consequence of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Africa.
Population loss and destabilization of societies
The Anglo-Zulu War took place during this broader historical process.
European imperialism / the Scramble for Africa
This leader expanded the Mali Empire and promoted Islam.
Mansa Musa
This resource was traded from North Africa to West Africa.
Salt
One major reason European nations colonized Africa.
Competition for raw materials and resources
This country abolished the slave trade in 1807.
Great Britain
The main cause of the Anglo-Zulu War.
British demands to control Zulu land and power
Internal conflicts and succession struggles helped cause the decline of this empire.
Rivers were important because they provided these three benefits.
Natural borders, fertile land, and trade routes
These three countries were major European colonizers in Africa.
France, Britain, Germany
The slave trade weakened African societies in this long-term way.
Social and economic disruption
This war was fought between the British and Dutch settlers over resources.
The Boer War
This empire rose to power after the decline of Mali.
The Songhai Empire
This major African landmark (not body of water) should be labeled in East Africa.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Cape Town was originally established by this European country as port in Africa
Netherlands
The Transatlantic Slave Trade affected Africa’s population, economy, and this.
Political Stability
This African country successfully resisted European colonization.
Ethiopia