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Vocabulary
Geography
Trade
West African Kingdoms
East African Kingdoms
100
tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs
What is savanna?
100
The huge desert located in the northern region of Africa
What is the Sahara desert?
100
to carry from one place to another
What is transport?
100
This religion spread across West Africa with the arrival of Berber and Arab merchants.
What is Islam?
200
the land included within a set of boundaries
What is an area?
200
The main climate zone found along the equator in Africa.
What is the rain forest climate zone?
200
Group of nomadic people in West Africa responsible for the development of trans-Sahara trade
Who are the Berbers?
200
This empire rose after the decline of the Ghana empire.
What is Mali?
200
This early East African kingdom thrived on the Nile River for hundreds of years.
What is Kush?
300
large desert located in the southwest portion of Africa.
What is the Kalahari?
300
The smallest climate zone of Africa.
What is the Mediterranean zone?
300
The major river system of West Africa used for trade.
What is the Niger River?
300
This was the first great trading empire in West Africa
What is Ghana?
300
This kingdom fought Kush for control of trade routes.
What is Axum?
400
African storytellers
What is a griot?
400
Zone in northern Africa of dry grasslands that runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
What is the Sahel?
400
This popular trade item was often "worth its weight in gold"
What is salt?
400
Sundiata Keita was called this by his people?
What is the "Lion Prince"?
400
An important trading state that arose in southeast Africa.
What is Zimbabwe?
500
sailboat using wind-catching triangular sails.
What is a dhow?
500
6,000 mile long landform, in East Africa created by movements in the Earth's crust
What is the Great Rift Valley?
500
This animal was often used to traverse desert regions because of its ability to survive on less water than horses
What are camels?
500
This important trade city was seized by the Songhai ruler Sunni Ali.
What is Timbuktu?
500
Which of these cities was not an important East African coastal trade city? Mogadishu, Milan, Zanzibar, Mombasa
What is Milan?