Chapter 15 African Kingdoms and City-States

31. Trade across the Sahara was revolutionized by this.

Africa’s savannas

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

In early Africa, most villagers were

The Swahili culture was

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

The Sahara trade was dominated by what two products?

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

Combining Arabic and Bantu formed what new language?

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

28. Camels were important for crossing the Sahara because

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

22. Center for trade and learning in Mali

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

Africa’s trade has always been spurred by this

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

42. The Arabs conquered most of Central Africa.

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

38. What others ancient civilizations influenced African Kingdoms?

What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?

26. Which kingdom came after the Ghana kingdom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. The Romans influenced African Kingdoms by

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

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

32. One reason Zimbabwe declined was

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

15. Monsoon winds aided trade between East Africa and

What did Sundiata do to the people of Mali?

Ghana grew powerful because it

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

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

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

Africa has more Muslims than Christians in 2018?

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

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

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

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

3. World’s largest desert

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

14. The griots of West Africa preserved

23. Kingdom in the rain forests of the Guinea coast