Ghana
The two most important products traded in Ghana and West Africa.
What were gold and salt?
This civilization is the Arab version of the Mandinka word that means "where the king dwells."
What is Mali?
This civilization was located to the southeast of Nubia and extended from present-day Ethiopia to present-day Eritrea
What is Axum?
This geographical features kept Ethiopia generally isolated from other regions of the world?
What are mountains?
The term for parents and children living and working together as a unit.
What is nuclear family?
Located on the broad "V" made by the Niger and Senegal rivers, the term for this civilization also meant "ruler"
What is Ghana?
The name of the pilgrimage or journey that Mansa Musa took to Mecca (one of the five pillars of Islam).
This capital city was upland and also served as the name of the civilization.
What is Axum?
Axumite kings often called their civilization this name, as did Greeks
What is Ethiopia?
The term for a group of households who claimed a common ancestor.
What is lineage?
When farming villages begin to produce more food then they need, it is called a ______.
What is a surplus?
The greatest ruler in the history of Mali - this leader expanded borders westward and northward. He also took a legendary journey to Mecca with a great army and a lot of gold.
Who was Mansa Musa?
Axum's King Ezana converted to this religion and made it the official religion of his kingdom.
What is Christiantiy?
This religion was the dominant religion in Ethiopia, giving its people a distinctive culture from neighboring peoples.
What is Christianity?
The term for kinship ties such as inheritance passing through the father's side
What is patrilineal?
This economic term is another name for a valuable product
What is a commodity?
The city where Mansa Musa built a palace and mosque. It eventually became a major center of trade and Islamic learning.
What is Timbuktu?
This port city was located on the Red Sea and proved very important for trade
What is Adulis?
The Glory of Kings was a book that traced Ethiopian kings in the lineage of this faith.
What is Judaism?
The term for kinship ties such as inheritance being passed through the mother's side
What is matrilineal?
The name of the last great capital of Ghana, which included two separate walled towns.
What is Kumbi Saleh?
This leader was regarded by his father's enemies as too weak to be a threat, but he eventually became a great king and founded the empire of Mali.
Who was Sundiata?
The written and spoken language in Axum, which was created through a merging of cultures.
what is Geez?
This king was known for carving churches into the solid rock round.
Who is Lalibela?
The process where a group decides on something by reaching a general agreement
What is consensus?