Geography
Africa is the second largest WHAT in the world?
Continent
Most empires across Africa first believed in which religion?
Polytheism
Weavers made a special handwoven cloth for royalty called what?
Kente.
West Africans did not write, but instead relied on oral traditions like proverbs. What are proverbs?
Proverbs are short statements that share valuable wisdom and truths about life.
Who was involved in an African kinship?
Children, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents.
Which bodies of water border Africa?
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,
Christianity was introduced in which part of Africa?
East Africa
The Trans-Sharan trade included which continents?
Africa, Asia, Europe.
Mansa Musa expanded the empire to its largest size with his army of about HOW MANY soldiers and cavalry.
100,000
Traditionally, men did what in African villages?
farmed their land, served in the military, and traditionally held most leadership positions in their villages.
the largest hot desert in the world, and it has an extremely dry climate with little rainfall.
What am I?
Sahara Desert
Islam was spread in which parts of Africa?
North, West, and the Swahili Coast
Who helped navigate large caravans across Africa?
Berbers
The Mali Empire completed several notable construction projects. Name all 3.
Great Mosque of Djenné, the Djinguereber Mosque, and the University of Sankoré.
Enslaved people were often who in society?
prisoners of war or kidnapped victims forced to work as agricultural laborers, servants to the nobility, or soldiers in the military.
Which river became an important area for successful kingdoms to live by in West Africa?
Niger River
King Ezana of Aksum
North Africa had (resource to trade) and wanted (this resource) from West Africa.
They had GOLD and wanted SALT.
Mansa Musa is estimated to be worth how much in today's economy?
$400 billion dollars
What is polyrythm?
Playing two repeating sound patterns at the same time.
What is the definition of an ethnic group?
People who share the same language, traditions, values, and culture
What language became the official choice for spoken and written communication in trade, business, and scholarship?
Arabic
Which of these goods was NOT included in the trans-saharan trade?
Horses, ostrich feathers, gold, salt, ivory, olive oil, glass beads, kola nuts, mosaic tiles, copper, swords, gemstones, pottery, books, iron tools.
Mosaic tiles
Why did the Mali empire fall apart?
After Mansa Musa died in 1337 CE, the Mali Empire gradually declined over the next two centuries due to its large size and multiple civil wars between Keita family members.
What was the major port city in the Kingdom of Aksum?
Adulis