Geography
What is the name of the largest desert in Africa?
Sahara
The empire of Ghana became wealthy for being the middlemen in which trade?
Gold-Salt trade
What religion did Mansa Musa follow and subsequently help spread to his empire?
Islam
What are the names of winds that blow NE in Summer and SW in winter, aiding Indian Ocean Trade?
Monsoons
Where is the Swahili coast?
What is the name of the African climate zone that is characterized by having open grasslands, most suitable for agriculture?
savanna
True or False: Historians believe that Ghana's political structure was highly centralized.
FALSE: historians believe it was decentralized, meaning some parts of the empire were mostly independent/autonomous and only paid tribute to the central king.
Like Ghana, Mali has historically passed its history down through professional historians known as
griots
What is one notable way Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade were different (not just that one was over land and the other over sea)
Indian Ocean Trade involved bulkier, heavier goods and not just luxury goods.
Raw materials like gold and ivory came from ____ in Central Africa and were brought to the Swahili Coast to be traded in the Indian Ocean trade network.
Great Zimbabwe
This climate zone is the strip that divides desert zones from more fertile areas.
sahel
What religions were likely practiced in Ghana?
Islam and Animism
Who was the first king of Mali?
Sundiata
When two or more cultures blend to form a new one (as they did often in the Indian Ocean trade network) this is known as....
Syncretism
The Swahili language is a mix of which two languages primarily?
Arabic and Bantu
What disease is caused by the tsetse fly which impacts both humans and livestock?
Sleeping sickness
At times in Ghana's history, historians believe there may have been leaders who shared power and there was no clear dominant king. This is known as a.....
heterarchy
In what century did Mansa Musa go on his hajj?
1300s (1324)
Which country ultimately disturbed and disrupted Indian Ocean Trade in the 1500s?
Portugal
What is the name of the boat that Swahili merchants used to traverse the Indian Ocean?
Dhow
Name 4 rivers in Africa.
Nile, Congo, Limpopo, Niger, Zambezi
Why do historians think Ghana's empire declined? (name at least 2 of 3 reasons)
Because Islam arrived and may have threatened the King's political legitimacy; because new trade routes developed that bypassed Ghana's capital; because there were a series of droughts that declined farming and commercial activity.
What are the names of two prominent cities that Mansa Musa helped incorporate into the Mali empire?
Gao and Timbuktu
Name TWO important navigational technologies that aided sailors in the Indian Ocean trade network, where they were invented, and a basic overview of what they did.
Astrolabe (Islamic World) - helped determine longitude and latitude
Lateen sail (Mediterranean) - triangular sail helped sailors tack against the wind
Magnetic compass (China) - helped sailors know direction
stern post rudder (China)- helped sailors position and direct boats
Name 2 Swahili city-states
Kilwa, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Lamu, Malindi