Geography
The term for the shape of landmass of Africa.
Plateau
While their enemies were still using wooden clubs, the people of Ghana made weapons out of this material.
Iron
Sundiata Keita's nickname.
Lion King
This man went blind at 70 and was banished to an island by his nephew.
Askia Muhammad
This religion came from outside of Africa and grew popular in East Africa.
Christianity
The rivers of Africa turn into ___ at the coastlines.
Waterfalls
The term for trade that crosses the Sahara Desert.
Trans-Saharan Trade
Sundiata Keita led the Malinke to defeat this cruel ruler.
Sumanguru
The Moroccans were easily able to defeat the Songhai by using these weapons.
Guns
The largest river in Africa.
The Nile River
North Africa contains large amounts of this natural resource.
Salt
The rulers of Ghana became wealthy by doing this.
Taxing trade
(or)
Claiming ownership of all gold dug up from the ground
The richest man to have ever lived that disrupted the economy of Egypt for over 12 years by spending so much gold there.
Mansa Musa
The Kingdom of Songhai was once a part of this empire.
The Mali Empire
This East African empire was located directly south of Egypt.
The Kush Empire
West Africa contains large amounts of this valuable resource.
Gold
The name of the people who formed the Kingdom of Ghana.
The Soninke
Mansa Musa changed the government of Mali to conform to this.
The Sharia
(or)
The Islamic Code of Laws
The man who formed the Songhai Empire.
Ali Ber
This group conquered Egypt and led to the Kush Empire losing its capital city of Napata.
The Romans
(or)
The Roman Empire
The Rainforest in Africa sits here.
The Equator
The group that invaded Ghana and led to its eventual downfall.
The Almoravids
The city in which Mansa Musa established a center for Islamic learning.
Timbuktu
The Capital city of the Songhai Empire.
Gao
The term for the large monuments that the Axum Empire built to honor their fallen rulers.
Steles