World History Ch. 8 African Civilization

In what modern day country did the Nok first appear?

A large grassy region in a subtropical area

What does the word Bantu mean?

Early Aksumites believed in one god, that god's name was?

The groups the Bantu encountered reacted in all of these ways except

The young king of the Aksum who expanded the kingdom was?

The hunter gatherers of Africa who moved around to find the food they needed are known as?

This early African civilization is known for its iron smelting.

The reason a group might move to an area is known as

What city was the center for trade for the Aksum?

The reason a group might leave an area is known as

Africa makes up what fraction of the Earth's land mass?

Transitional land between deserts and savannahs

The process of melting and forming a metal for use is known as?

religion where everything, animals and objects have souls

The major causes for migration fall into all of these categories except?

The Aksum merchants traded everything except?

Animal that made herding so difficult in the savannas, passed on African Sleeping sickness.

forming precious metals, like gold and silver, into money is known as?

These early people of Africa are known mostly for their language

Which was Africa's earliest known culture?

1 tribe the Bantu came into contact with in Zaire, a people known for smoking meats, they are?

What is the oldest known city in West Africa?

The way historians were able to track the migration of the Bantu was through?

Why were the Aksum able to control trade

A conflict between what two groups led to a decline of the Aksum?

step like ridges cut into hilly areas to increase growing are known as

clearing an area to grow crops through the use of axes, machetes, and fire is known as?

As groups trade goods, they also exchange all of the following except

How do archaeologists know so much about the early people of West Africa?

A trading and farming town in the sub saharan area now known as Niger

One of the first groups of Africans, foragers, known as the bushmen

Djenne-Djeno can be found on what river in Africa?

The second most spoken language in Africa, is derived from the Bantu, known as?

West African's skipped the bronze and copper ages, instead starting at which age?

What is believed to be the reason the Bantu first migrated

The most commonly spoken language in Africa today is?

Invaders spreading this religion caused the Aksum kingdom to isolate itself

Why would the Bantu so often have to migrate

The Aksum kingdom could be found on which two continents

Why did the city of Adulis attract so many foreigners?

what was the main direction that the Bantu expanded?

The Aksum, the Egyptians, and Meroe where the only African civilizations known to develop what?

Largest desert in Africa

a person who passed on information through story telling in Africa