Storytellers that memorized the long ancestry of their people
Who are griots
This religion spread from Egypt to Morocco
Church founded in Egypt and official church of Ethiopia today
What is Coptic Christianity
Responsible for the slave trade on Eastern coast of Africa
Who are the Arabs
Belief that spirits live in rocks, trees, rivers, mountains etc.
What is animism
What is the family
The dominant language of this region
What is Arabic
City known for its coral buildings
What is Kilwa
Responsible for the slave trade on the Western coast of Africa
Who are the Europeans
Fez was a capital of what Northern African country?
What is Morocco
Most Africans believed in a Supreme Being or...
What is High God
Prominent Gold production in Western Africa gave the period between 500-1550 this name
What is the Golden Age
Common trade language
What is Swahili
Church official who gave authority to enslave "pagans & unbelievers"
Who is Pope Nicholas V
What is a clan
300 hundred mile wide band that separates the Sahara and tropical forests
What is the Sahel
Egyptian sultanate that reigned during the 13 & 14 centuries
Who are the Mamluks
Zimbabwe plateau near Sabi River is called...
What is Great Zimbabwe
Estimated number of Africans taken across the Atlantic
What is 12 million
King who converted to Christianity after a vision of James and Mary
Who is King Afonso
2 or more clans that share a language, beliefs, and customs
What is a tribe
Kingdom that began peaceful relations with Portuguese but ended with conflict and war in 1622
What is the Kingdom of Kongo
Meaning of "Zimbabwe"
What is "great house of stone"
Year the Arab slave trade was abolished
What is 1962
Kingdom permanently damaged by the Portuguese in 1600s
What is Mutapa