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African Geography
Trading Empires
Religion in Africa
Life in Medieval Africa
African Slavery/Culture
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True or False: Africa is a country?
False, Africa is a continent
100
What were the two main items were traded in West Africa?
Salt and Gold
100
What religion came to Africa from the Middle East?
Islam
100
What does matrilineal mean?
Tracing one's descent through the mother's family
100
What two things are very important to African culture?
Music and dance
200
What is the largest desert in Africa?
The Sahara
200
True or False: Did traditional African religions believe that spirits stayed within the community?
True
200
What was the basis of African society?
The family
200
Which Europeans were the first to trade slaves?
The Portuguese
300
In West Africa, several civilizations developed along this river.
The Niger River
300
What were the 3 main African trading empires?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
300
Mansa Musa promoted what religion?
Islam
300
How were children educated in medieval West Africa?
Through oral histories and fables
300
What major crop did the Portuguese produce using slaves?
sugarcane
400
What are the four climate zones of Africa?
Mediterranean, Desert, Savanna, and Rain Forest
400
An important city for trade and Islamic learning was
Timbuktu
400
What are the 3 main religions of Africa?
Traditional African religions, Islam, and Christianity
400
Why were griots important to West African schooling?
They kept alive the village's oral history.
400
What changed the nature of slavery?
The arrival of Europeans
500
What geographic feature prevented the Bantu from migrating further North?
The Sahara
500
Ghana grew wealthy in part because it
Kept a big army and had iron weapons
500
Name one thing that some traditional African religions share with Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
They share a belief in one supreme God
500
What influenced Swahili culture?
Islam
500
What was the African Diaspora?
The spreading of African people and culture caused by the Atlantic slave trade.