Terms/Definitions and Languages
A group of traders with camels that traveled from oasis to oasis in order to survive the journey across the Sahara
caravan
most important tool for traders to cross the Sahara
camel
African tribes were composed of this
two or more clans
The Kongolese allied with these Europeans to maintain their independence
The Dutch
The most famous structure in Great Zimbabwe
Great Enclosure
Islamic kingdom
sultanate
Name three locations that African towns traded with
India
China
Arabia
This served as a sign of wealth and prosperity in Africa
livestock
These people lived in what is now Ghana
the Akan
This is a strip of land between the Sahara and the tropical forests
The Sahel
African storytellers
griots
East African cities prospered in trading these three commodities
ivory
slaves
precious stones
DAILY DOUBLE
What traditional views on the African family departed from scriptural truth? What views upheld truth?
Arabs pushed these people out of power in Morocco
the Berbers
Egypt was called this when it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire
Egypt Eyalet
Trade language spoken along the eastern coast of Africa
Swahili
DAILY DOUBLE
What was the effect of the transatlantic slave trade on the Africans and their economic and family life?
When an African child reached this age, he heard his family's entire history
early teen years
Muslim ___________ settled in East Africa and established communities
merchants
Ethiopian law was based on this
principles found in the Bible
Name the three languages that compose the Swahili language
English
Arabic
Bantu
Name three West African trading items
cotton cloth
gold
iron
Why did Africans sell other Africans?
African kings had used slavery as a way to weaken rival tribes, and they saw great profit in selling slaves to the Portuguese
Inhabited by the Akan people
Gold Coast
(BONUS: Ruled by the Mamluks - Egypt)
Known for its impressive buildings made of coral
Kilwa
(BONUS: declined after the Portuguese arrived and it fell in 1693 - Mutapa)