Economics of Africa
What were the main traded items of Africa ?
Salt and gold
What were the three main empires of Africa?
The Mali , Shanghai, and Ghana
What is the main religion in Africa
Muslim
What is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile River
What are social classes of Africa called?
Castes
Where do taxes go in Africa?
Ghana
Which civilization started around 100 CE?
Axum
Who was the Egyptian god of the sun?
Ra
What is the biggest desert in Africa?
The Sahara desert
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
Did North or South Africa have a better trade?
South Africa
Which civilization of ancient Africa is the biggest?
The Songhai
What was an African storyteller called?
Griot
What are the two main geography features of Africa?
Savannas and deserts
Who is the most famous Pharaoh?
King Tut
Which country of Africa had the best economics
Mali
Near the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea was what civilization?
Egypt
Who is the famous Islam prophet.
Mohammed
What season did Africa get most of its rain?
Summer
The political system of ancient Africa was based on what two things?
Lineage and kinship
Most trading of Africa was done along what ocean and desert?
Indian Ocean and Sahara desert
What civilization was located in current day Sudan?
Kush
What is a group of African gods and goddesses?
Polytheistic Pantheon
What are the four bodies of water that surround Africa?
Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean
What were the six main political empires and kingdoms in Africa?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Axum, Kush/Nubia and Egypt