Chapter 13 Africa

The tropical rainforests make up approximately ____ % of the African landscape.

The continent of Africa is bordered on the north by mountains and __________________________.

The language of Swahili is a combination of ______________________ languages.

Founder of the Kingdom of Mali

The kingdom that replaced Mali in west Africa was

When camels were brought from Asia to Africa trade increased across the

well know Arab traveler

Which was not a kingdom of West Africa

All of the following are true about savannas except.

The merchants of Ghana would trade

Remains of Chinese porcelain found in the area of Great Zimbabwe suggests that the people there

linage traced though the fathers family

independent villages organized by a local ruler without a central government

the capital of Mali

Story telling was done by priest or a special class of storytellers called_______________ whose purpose was to keep the

people captured in war, debtors and some criminals

linage traced though the mothers family

A society that traces linage through the mother is a _____________________ society

A special class of people who are believed to have power to for tell the future were called what?

What city was one of the great intellectual capitals of the Muslim world. It was known for its libraries and scholars.

Bantu migration was recorded and preserved through their strong

an extended family unit that combines into a larger community

the origin, beginning

What ruler while on his pilgramage to Makkah (Hajj) gave away so much gold that the value of gold dropped.

growing enough food for one's own family or immediate surrounding community