African Kingdoms
This empire grew wealthy by taxing gold and salt trade.
What is Ghana?
The two most important trade items across the Sahara.
What are gold and salt?
This Muslim traveler praised Mali’s justice system.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
This 1494 agreement divided new lands between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Ghana’s rulers adopted this religion while people kept animist traditions.
What is Islam?
Mali’s first great leader who founded the empire.
Who is Sundiata?
These animals revolutionized desert trade.
What are camels?
He founded a navigation school in Portugal in 1419.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This West African empire collapsed after losing to Moroccan soldiers with gunpowder.
What is Songhai?
Yoruba kings were considered both political and ______ leaders.
What is political and religious?
This ruler’s pilgrimage made Mali famous worldwide.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This Chinese invention helped explorers find direction.
What is the compass?
He sailed west in 1492, believing he reached Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
These two nations challenged Portuguese trade dominance in the 1600s.
What are the Dutch and English?
The 3-word phrase that summarized Europeans’ motives for exploration.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
This city was a center of learning and trade in West Africa.
What is Timbuktu?
This new type of ship had triangular sails.
What is a caravel?
The Portuguese explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
This company became the richest and most powerful in Asian trade.
What is the Dutch East India Company?
West African women did not wear veils, surprising visitors of this religion.
What is Islam?
This Songhai leader built a professional army with war canoes.
Who is Sunni Ali?
This navigation tool, perfected by Muslims, helped sailors measure latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
The first explorer to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
In 1511, the Portuguese seized control of this key port city on the Malay Peninsula, giving them dominance of the spice trade.
What is Malacca?
This West African kingdom became famous for its brass and copper artwork, much of it displayed in the royal palace.
What is Benin?