Geography
What is the only continent bigger than Africa?
Asia
Groups based on common ancestry are called this.
Lineage groups
What is Animism?
Belief that nature has spirits
This kingdom was located in present-day Ethiopia
Axum
These animals were used in desert trade caravans
Camels
This semi-arid region lies south of the Sahara.
Sahel
This group spread farming and ironworking across Africa.
Bantu
Storytellers who preserved history
Griots
This ruler of Mali made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mansa Musa
This trade language combined Bantu and Arabic.
Swahili
These grasslands cover much of Africa.
Savannas
This Mali city became a center of trade and learning.
Timbuktu
Who were the spiritual advisors who predicted the future?
Diviners
Ghana’s location made it powerful because it controlled trade in these two key resources.
Gold & Salt
This type of trade route crossed the Sahara Desert.
Trans-Saharan trade
What is the longest river in Africa?
Nile
In this system, descent is traced through the mother.
Matrilineal
What is the reason that all histories, laws, myths and stories were passed down orally?
No written language
This empire became powerful under Sunni Ali.
Songhai
This farming method clears land by burning.
Slash & burn farming
What is the second largest river in Africa?
Congo
What nomadic group lived in north west Africa near Spain?
Berbers
Who spread the secret of iron smelting for making tools?
Bantu
This kingdom grew wealthy from gold trade and stone fortresses that need no mortar
Great Zimbabwe
This resource was traded across the Sahara and was just as valuable as gold because it preserved food.
Salt