Chapter 15 African Kingdoms and City-States

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

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

31. Trade across the Sahara was revolutionized by this.

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

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

3. World’s largest desert

26. Which kingdom came after the Ghana kingdom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Camels were important for crossing the Sahara because

Africa has more Muslims than Christians in 2018?

14. The griots of West Africa preserved

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

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

What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

In early Africa, most villagers were

Africa’s savannas

What did Sundiata do to the people of Mali?

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

The Swahili culture was

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

42. The Arabs conquered most of Central Africa.

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

22. Center for trade and learning in Mali

40. The Romans influenced African Kingdoms by

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

15. Monsoon winds aided trade between East Africa and

23. Kingdom in the rain forests of the Guinea coast

Africa’s trade has always been spurred by this

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. What others ancient civilizations influenced African Kingdoms?

32. One reason Zimbabwe declined was

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

Ghana grew powerful because it

Combining Arabic and Bantu formed what new language?

The Sahara trade was dominated by what two products?

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

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