Geography of Africa
This landform covers much of Africa.
What is a plateau?
The two most valuable trade goods in West Africa.
What are gold and salt?
The first major West African trading empire.
What is Ghana?
A person who tells stories and preserves history.
What is a griot?
This religion spread into Africa through trade.
What is Islam?
These two rivers were important for water and trade.
What are the Nile and Niger Rivers?
This group of people traded across the desert.
Who are the Berbers?
The founder of the Mali Empire.
Who is Sundiata Keita?
African societies often organized power based on this.
What are family clans and loyalty?
Mansa Musa made this religious journey.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)?
This desert made travel across Africa difficult.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This empire grew rich by taxing traders.
What is Ghana?
This leader expanded Songhai through conquest.
Who is Sunni Ali?
This type of society traces inheritance through the mother.
What is matrilineal?
In early Africa, this system was often not permanent.
What is slavery?
This geographic feature helped connect different regions through trade.
What are rivers?
This famous trade city was also a center of learning.
What is Timbuktu?
This empire became powerful after Mali declined.
What is Songhai?
This describes passing history by speaking instead of writing.
What is oral tradition?
This made Timbuktu an important learning center.
What are Islamic schools, mosques, and religious teachings?
This describes Africa’s land as having deserts, savannas, and rainforests.
What is diverse geography?
This ruler gave away so much gold it affected economies.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This king is known as one of the richest people in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Three important parts of African culture.
What are music, dance, and storytelling?
What helped spread education and writing around North Africa?
What is the spread of Islam?