Chapter 15 African Kingdoms and City-States

What major crop did the Portuguese produce using enslaved people from Africa?

36. According to the map which kingdom lasted the longest?

Ghana grew powerful because it

In early Africa, most villagers were

24. King Ezana of Axum strengthened ties with the Mediterranean world by

13. Axum prospered partly because it had a port on the

43. The Arabs helped spread Islam and its ideas as well as

12. Made a hajj resulting in trading and diplomatic ties between Mali and other Muslim states?

37. According to the map, the largest kingdoms were located in

29. How did Mansa Musa forge new trading and diplomatic ties with Muslim states?

25. Which of the following practices represents an adaptation to the environment?

32. One reason Zimbabwe declined was

20. Soldier-king who made Songhai the largest kingdom in West Africa

Africa’s trade has always been spurred by this

The Swahili culture was

35. According to the map, which kingdom was the largest?

41. The Greeks traded and ruled Egypt at one time.

16. Refers to people who trace their inheritance and descent through the mother’s side?

34. According to to the map which African Kingdom started first?

31. Trade across the Sahara was revolutionized by this.

28. Camels were important for crossing the Sahara because

38. What others ancient civilizations influenced African Kingdoms?

10. Capital of inland empire whose name means “great stone buildings”

22. Center for trade and learning in Mali

The Sahara trade was dominated by what two products?

Africa’s savannas

14. The griots of West Africa preserved

5. Kingdom of the Soninke people located between the Niger and Senegal rivers

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

What did Sundiata do to the people of Mali?

26. Which kingdom came after the Ghana kingdom?

15. Monsoon winds aided trade between East Africa and

3. World’s largest desert

30. How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

18. Which of the following kingdoms had a port on the Red Sea?

Africa has more Muslims than Christians in 2018?

Combining Arabic and Bantu formed what new language?

19. What religious tradition did the Axumites pass on to the Ethiopians?

40. The Romans influenced African Kingdoms by

42. The Arabs conquered most of Central Africa.

23. Kingdom in the rain forests of the Guinea coast

The slave trade increased as Africa’s contact with whom increased?

Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.

11. The Nubian capital of Meroë was an important producer of

According to the government of Ghana, power was transferred to the king’s son.

Timbuktu became a great trade city and center of Muslim learning.

What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?