Geography
This long river in West Africa was important for all three Gold-Salt kingdoms (Ghana, Mali and Songhai), and it is still important for transportation today.
Niger River
European explorers to this place in southern Africa with stone walls and towers tried to make up a story that white people had built it so they could claim southern Africa for themselves
Great Zimbabwe
This term means to tame an animal (like a farm animal or pet)
domesticate
This emperor of Mali may have been the richest person in the world, and he made Mali famous while on his hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
How do the sahel and the savanna differ in terms of rainfall and plant life?
The savanna has a long rainy season, tall grasses and abundant trees, while the sahel is hotter and drier with short grasses and shrubs.
Ethiopia was a different religion than many other African kingdoms of the middle ages. What religion was popular there?
Christianity is popular in Ethiopia.
This term means the ability to read and write
Literacy
This African American historian and writer is best known as the "Father of Black History", since he pioneered the idea of a week to celebrate black history back in the 1920s.
Carter G. Woodson
This weather pattern that shifts in the summer and winter months allowed trading connections between east Africa and many parts of Asia to the north and east.
Monsoon
Ghana, Mali and Songhai were all wealthy and powerful due to their control of what resources?
Gold and Salt
This term means moving from place to place in search of food
nomadic
This culture and language of east Africa is mix of African Bantu together with the culture and language of other cultures that traded on the Indian Ocean (like Arab, Persian and Indian cultures).
Swahili
How does the sahel differ from the Sahara Desert?
The sahel is less hot and dry, allowing it to have short grasses and small bushes.
Songhai was conquered by armies from Morocco to the north who had this type of weapon technology.
gunpowder (or guns)
This term refers to when one country or group of people controls another. The Europeans did this in Africa, while the US did it with Native American and Mexican lands.
Imperialism (or colonialism)
This civil rights leader and long-time congressman from Georgia is one of Tr. Sam's heroes.
John Lewis
Africa is bordered by four large bodies of water (seas or oceans); name all 4.
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Kilwa and the Swahili cities were connected to a vast trade network on this ocean.
Indian Ocean
This region has tall grasses, scattered trees and a long rainy season
Savanna
This is an African culture and language group that started in West Central Africa and moved south and east across Africa during the last 2000 years.
Bantu