Topography/Climate
A relatively high, flat area.
What is a Plateau
Waterway that runs through the Congo basin in central Asia.
What is the Congo River
Driven out of Egypt in 663 B.C., these people returned to their original lands in Africa's upper Nile Valley.
Who were the Kushites
The Axumite ruler who had converted to Christianity and went on to conquer Kush.
Who was King Ezana
A special class of African scholars who help keep alive a people's history.
Who were the Griots
Broad grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs. Also a city in Georgia
What is Savannah
Region located south of ancient Egypt; freed itself of Egyptian control around 1000 B.C. and became the state of Kush.
What is Nubia
A mixed African-Arabic culture that developed along the east coast of Africa; also, the major language used in that area, combining Bantu with Arabic words and phrases.
Who were the Swahili
Founder of the African kingdom Mali; helped his country build its fame and power on its gold and salt trade.
Who was Sundiata Keita
Tracing lineage through the mother.
What is Matrilineal
The largest desert on Earth located in North Africa.
What is the Sahara
Location of the kingdom of Axum along the Red Sea.
What is Ethiopia
Nomadic peoples in Africa who carried out much of the trading across the desert in camel caravans.
Who were the Berbers
One of the richest and most powerful kings in Mali who ruled from 1312-1337; he doubled the size of the kingdom and divided the land into provinces managed by his appointed governors.
Who was Mansa Musa
A person who is believed to have the power to foretell events.
What is a Diviner
Desert located in southern Africa.
What is the Kalahari
The 1st great trading state in West Africa; emerged about A.D. 500; traded iron ore and gold for products from North Africa.
What is Ghana
African group in Nigeria that believed that the chief god sent his son Oduduwa down from Heaven to create the 1st humans.
Who were the Yoruba
Ruler of Songhai who created a new dynasty, the Sunni, in 1464 and conquered many lands with his continuous military campaigns.
Who was Sunni Ali
A family of language spoken in central and southern Africa.
What is Bantu
A region of deep canyons in eastern Africa. Also a tear in the time continuum
What is the Great Rift Valley
Famous trading city in the kingdom of Mali; became a center of Islamic learning and culture.
What is Timbuktu
People of Ghana who believed in a supreme being called Nyame whose sons were lesser gods with different purposes.
Who were the Ashanti
Created a new dynasty, the Askia (means "usurper"), by overthrowing the son of Sunni Ali.
Who was Muhammad Ture
A group of independent villages organized into clans and led by a local ruler or clan head without any central government.
What is a Stateless Society