Geography
Empires of the
Rain Forest
West African Empires
East African Empires
Vocabulary
100

What is the second-largest continent?

What is Africa

100

What is it called when you grow so much food that you have extra?

What is a surplus

100

Ghana is known for what

What is either gold or salt

100

What two religions impacted East Africa?

What is Christianity and Islam

100

An area of high, flat land.

What is a plateau 

200

What river runs through Africa, and is the longest in the world?

What is the Nile River

200

Who did the rain forest Kingdoms trade their extra food to?

Who is the empires in the savannas

200

To pass through Ghana, traders had to do what?

What is pay a tax

200

The Ethiopian capital that was a major trading point on the Red Sea.

What is Axum

200

An African story-teller.

What is a griot.

300

Broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs. Home to lions, elephants, and giraffes

What is a savanna

300

What did the kingdoms of the rain forest receive in exchange for the surplus of food?

What is copper, salt and leather

300

What Empire defeated Ghana and captured its capital in 1240

Who is Mali

300

Who did Axum fight for power in East Africa?

Who is Kush

300

African sailboats.

What is a Dhow

400

What imaginary line runs through the middle of the African continent, and is the reason why the climate zones of Africa are so different?

What is the Equator

400

What two kingdoms were located in the rain forest?

What is Kongo and Benin

400

Mansa Musa was the richest person in history due to his abundance of what?

What is gold

400

What was the other great trading city of southeastern Africa?

What is Zimbabwe 


400

A nomadic trader in Africa.

What is a Berber

500

Name the largest desert in Africa. 

(BONUS: name the other desert of Africa too)

What is the Sahara

(BONUS: What is the Kalahari)

500

Why was farming good in the rain forest?

What is because of their hot, wet climate.

500

Was recognized as one of the intellectual capitals of the Muslim world

What is Timbuktu

500

Trade items supplied by Zimbabwe 

What is gold, copper and ivory

500

A group of traveling merchants is called what?

What is a caravan