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Physical Features
Misc.
African Empires
Mali - Mansa
Culture
100
The main river of Egypt (it empties into the Mediterranean Sea).
What is the Nile?
100
This is the country at the southern tip of Africa.
What is South Africa?
100
This was the 1st of the great empires of West Africa.
What is Ghana?
100

What did the title "Mansa" Mean ?

What is a emperor.

100
This was the main religion of the leader's of Mali
What is Islam?
200
This is the largest desert in the world, it covers much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara?
200
Wide, rolling grassy plains.

What is a Steppe

200
The second of the West African Empires, and also the second largest.
What is Mali?
200
He was the greatest leader of Mali (and the worlds richest man).
Who is Mansa Musa
200

This is another name for spoken history, Africa has a great tradition of this.

What is the oral tradition?

300

The equator slices through the ____ of Africa

What is the Middle

300
The large island nation off the east coast of Africa (it's where lemurs live).
What is Madagascar?
300
This was the last and the largest of the empires of West Africa.
What is Songhai?
300
This is the word for a king or a queen?
What is monarch?
300
A religious trip, all Muslims are supposed to take one to Mecca in their lifetime.
What is a pilgrimage?
400

Which desert is in the north of Africa ?

What is the Kalahari Desert.

400
There are two countries and the 5th largest river in Africa with this name.
What is Congo?
400
These minerals were the main sources of income for the empires that we studied in West Africa.
What are salt and gold?
400

How did Mansa Musa "break" the economy ?

What is he gave away too much gold.

400

Where do muslims worship ? Mansa Musa built and set these up while on his pilgrimage.

What is a mosque.

500

What is a climate ? (Be specific) !

What is weather patterns ?

500

Describe the climate of the rainforest.

What is wet, humid, hot, rainy.
500

What is a Dromedary ?

A One - Humped Camel used for caravans.

500

He was the warrior-king who conquered Ghana, making Mali the most powerful empire in Africa. His name means "Lion Prince."

Who is Sandiata Keita?

500
This European country was the leader in the early slave trade.
What is Portugal?