Empires
The three West-African Empires that we discussed in this unit
What are the empires of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai
A disease that affects over 30 million Africans today
What is AIDS?
Largest desert in Southern Africa
What is the Kalahari Desert?
A 5-letter prefix meaning 'across', such as to trade across the Sahara Desert
What is TRANS?
Passing down information and history through generations without writing it down, but rather through the telling of stories
What is oral tradition?
This river flowed through the center of each of the three West-African Empires, allowing for trade and flourishing
What is the Niger River?
In many different African countries, rebels who oppose the government will kidnap and enlist these people to fight.
Who are children (or boys)?
This is the longest river in Africa AND in the world
What is the Nile River?
Slabs of this mineral can be seen strapped to camels and carried from the sea through the desert
What is SALT?
Praying to dead relatives, or honoring dead relatives
What is ancestor worship?
This man founded the Empire of Mali in 1255AD
Who is Sundiata?
Most African countries have low literacy rates, meaning many people can't do THIS
What is read?
Most people in Northern Africa follow THIS RELIGION
What is ISLAM?
A sea that separates Europe from Africa
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Believing that rocks, trees, animals, etc. have spirits
What is animism?
To trade in one of the West-African Empires, people would travel from this huge desert in the North
What is the Sahara Desert?
In 1994 in Rwanda, the Hutus began to destroy all Tutsi people. This process of targeting and wiping out a race of people is known as THIS
What is GENOCIDE?
Most people in Southern Africa follow THIS RELIGION
What is Christianity?
A sea that separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula (in Asia)
What is the Red Sea?
Wise sayings
What is a proverb?
To trade in one of the West-African Empires, people would travel from this great rainforest in central Africa
What is the Congo Rainforest?
Most African countries have a lower life expectancy, partly because they consume less of THIS each day
What is FOOD (or calories)?
All of Africa below the Sahara Desert is called THIS
What is Sub-Saharan Africa?
A large island off the South-Eastern coast of Africa
What is Madagascar?
Another name for open grassland
What is a savannah?