a family of closely related African languages; one of the many African peoples who speak that language
What is Bantu
100
one of the earliest African peoples to make iron tools (500 BC-AD 200); they lived in what is today Nigeria
What is Nok
100
Groups of men or women who had been born within the same two or three years. They would help each other out.
What is age-set
100
What allowed sailors to move around the Indian Ocean and develop a trade network that linked East Africa with Persia, Arabia, India and Southeast Asia.
What is the monsoon wind.
100
Mali became a wealthy and sophisticated empire.
What is Sundiata.
200
open grassland
What is savanna
200
a semiarid strip of land across the center of Africa that divides that Sahara from wetter areas
What is Sahel
200
the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.
What is Animism
200
He is know for building 11 stone Christian churches.
What is King Lalibela.
200
Songhai's first Muslim ruler?
What is Askia Muhammad.
300
professional West African storytellers
What is griots
300
the largest desert in the world
What is Sahara
300
What could mosquitoes and tsetses transmit to humans?
What is parasites
300
In a text called "The Glory of Kings" the second dynasty of Christian Kings to rule Ethiopia claimed to be the descendants of king Solomon and Queen of Sheba. What was this dynasty known as?
What is Solomonid.
300
Which of the West African States were known for producing realistic sculptures out fo terra.cotta, bronze, brass, and copper.
What is Yoruba.
400
an African society that emerged in the late 1100s along the East African coast and combined elements of African, Asian, and Islamic cultures
What is Swahili
400
a person who buys something from one person and sells it to another, making a profit on the sale
What is middleman
400
What common feature did many African societies share?
What is They were village-based cultures made up of extended families and age- set groups.
400
Under his rule the Aksam attacked and defeated Kush, and became the greatest power in East Africa.
What is King Ezana
400
North Africans would cross the Sahara to trade their salt for
What is gold
500
an ancient Afro-Asiatic language; it is still used today as a liturgical language in the Ethiopian Coptic Church
What is Ge’ez
500
Define either the word Mansa or Sunni
What is Mansa-king
Sunni-military leader
500
Why did pastoralists leave the Sahara about 5,000 years ago?
What is The Sahara became drier and more land became desert.
500
Most people in Ethiopia were which religion?
What is Christian.
500
By replacing local leaders with his own followers Sunni Ali tried to prevent people from