World History CH 13

The ________ language and culture still exist in East Africa today.

During the 1440s, the European slave trade was started in Africa by _________.

Africa's longest river

West African empires utilized _______ governments ruled by ________.

The _______ people's migrations helped spread culture across medieval Africa.

What factor caused the emergence of artisans in the rain forest kingdoms?

He stormed into Timbuktu and drove out the Berbers

Trade route connecting Western Africa to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Queen who led the fight against the Muslim invasion of her country

Tracing family descent through mothers rather than fathers

A leader of a group of people

Used in trade caravans across the desert, camels were nicknamed ___________.

What major crop did the Portuguese produce using slaves from Africa?

A language that means "people of the coast"

King _______ of Mali rewarded loyal citizens with gold, land, and horses

Sundiata Keita was a ________.

Journeyed to Mecca in 1324

Today, the most widely practiced religion in Africa is _________

Education in African villages was carried out by the family and _______.

Muslim holy city that is also known as Mecca

The city-state that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea

African rain forest kingdoms were _________ by the dense forest growth.

The largest empire in West Africa in the 1500s

Songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval West Africa

The spread of African culture around the world by enslaved Africans

The great trading center of Zimbabwe supplied _______ to the East African coast

Reward given to heroic soldiers in Mali

A group of people descended from the same ancestor

Grew wealthy from the salt and gold trade

Queen who spent 40 years battling Portuguese slave traders

A storyteller

How were children educated in medieval West Africa?

Stories passed down by mouth from generation to generation

During the 1440s, the European slave trade was started in Africa by _________.

The sailboat invented by Arab traders

Igbo is similar to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in all that believe in _________.

When the king died, who inherited the kingdom of Ghana?

Fishing groups that migrated throughout Africa around 3000 B.C.

The earliest known form of African art is ________.

Families made up of several generations

African savannas _________.

Traditional African religions _________.

What great warrior-king, called "Lion Prince", seized Ghana in 1240

Enslaved Africans used music to remind them of their ________.

An area of high flat land