africa

Question 1

africa has the most _____ geography of any continent in the world

Answer 1

diverse

Question 2

southern africa has ________

Answer 2

savannas

Question 3

central africa has _________

Answer 3

rainforests

Question 4

northern africa has the _____ ______

Answer 4

sahara desert

Question 5

the nile, congo, and niger rivers are all _______

Answer 5

unnavigable (not able to cross)

Question 6

southern and eastern africa has _______ and ______

Answer 6

mountains and plateus

Question 7

how did people in africa create permanent cities

Answer 7

started in clans, hunter-gatherers, discovered iron

Question 8

what are the 2 main effects of geography in africa

Answer 8

its difficult to travel and trade, there is a lot of diversity

Question 9

how did africa’s varied geography create diverse people (6)

Answer 9

difficult to create big centralized empires, diverse tribal groups start to form, traditional economies = maintenance (food), local de-centralized governments, communal living, animist religion

Question 10

how did geography create barriers between groups in africa (2)

Answer 10

deserts and unnavigable rivers slowed the development of trade routes, little cultural diffusion

Question 11

earliest clan and city formed in africa

Answer 11

nok

Question 12

what are the accomplishments of the nok

Answer 12

founded iron tools, helped produce food and weapons, started the western african empires

Question 13

what is the term for a christian empire on red sea

Answer 13

aksum

Question 14

aksum was the ______________

Answer 14

1st african empire

Question 15

where is aksum located

Answer 15

where ethiopia is now

Question 16

major trading city of aksum

Answer 16

adulis

Question 17

what religion did the aksum kingdom believe in

Answer 17

animism (monotheistic)

Question 18

what other religions/people spreaded to aksum

Answer 18

christianity by traders, muslims

Question 19

what is aksum famous for

Answer 19

stone towers called stelae

Question 20

where is the great zimbabwe located

Answer 20

limpopo & the zambezi rivers

Question 21

the great zimbabwe was built on what

Answer 21

gold and the gold-salt trade to the north

Question 22

who eventually attacked zimbabwe and begun enslaving africans for the new world

Answer 22

portugans

Question 23

what is the capital city of great zimbabwe empire

Answer 23

great zimbabwe

Question 24

what is zimbabwe famous for

Answer 24

large walls surrounding the city

Question 25

what techniques allowed the 1st trans-saharan trade routes

Answer 25

camels and caravans

Question 26

how did the use of camels and caravans affect africa (4)

Answer 26

made diverse resources available to groups across africa, cultural diffusion, spread of islam, trade in gold and salt created wealth among tribes

Question 27

what did central empires do to the trans-saharan trade routes

Answer 27

arise to control & protect

Question 28

what are the three african trading kingdoms

Answer 28

ghana, mali, songhai

Question 29

where is the kingdom of ghana located

Answer 29

niger and senegal rivers

Question 30

what parts of africa borders ghana

Answer 30

south (rivers), north (sahara desert)

Question 31

what differs the empire of ghana from the other empires

Answer 31

based life around the river and gold from the mountains

Question 32

where was salt and gold located in ghana

Answer 32

gold was on mountains near rivers, salt was from the sahara

Question 33

the most prosperous of the 3 great trading kingdoms

Answer 33

mali

Question 34

how did mali accumulate wealth and protect & profit from the gold & salt trade

Answer 34

controlling trans-saharan trade routes, military power

Question 35

which empire pioneered trade routes w/ europe along the mediterranean and the middle east during reign of mansa musa

Answer 35

mali

Question 36

who is mansa musa

Answer 36

king of mali

Question 37

where did mansa musa expand mali to

Answer 37

niger river to atlantic ocean

Question 38

what is the capital city located along the niger river

Answer 38

timbuktu

Question 39

where did mansa musa go in 1324

Answer 39

pilgrimage to mecca (hajj)

Question 40

what is an accomplishment by mansa musa

Answer 40

translated quran into swahili and other african languages

Question 41

why did the songhai empire collapse when taking control tran-saharan trade routes (4)

Answer 41

wealth attracted constant invasion from neighboring groups, transatlantic trade shifted power in west africa to coastal kingdoms, slave trade weakens in west africa, fall to moroccan soldiers