Africa Test - Global Flashcards
Who founded the empire of mali?
sundiata
What was Saharan trade dominated by?
Gold and salt
How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?
By collecting toll on all goods entering or leaving Ghana.
What did the king of Ghana gradually absorb from muslim traders?
The islamic religion
How did Mansa Musa forge new trading and diplomatic ties with Muslim states?
Completing the Hajj
Africa’s most populated climate zone
Savanna
Africa is the ______ largest continent
2nd
Why was Africa so diverse?
Topagraphy
The Great Rift Valley is probably the home of ________
The earliest humans
Deserts were ____% of the continent
40%
What was their topography like?
plateaus
deserts
What was the effect of the topagrphy?
Plateaus -
- Make it hard to farm / unsuitable farming
- Uninhabitable
- highway for migration and trade
What is desertification?
The spread of deserts
How much of Africa is Savana?
40%
Is the Savana habitable or uninhabitable
habitable
How much of Africa is rainforests?
5%
Are the rainforests habitable or uninhabitable
uninhabitable
Africa has many _________ and __________ making it easy for trade
- Rivers
- Deserts
Africa is _________ rich
resourse
What is Animism?
- Spirits are present in nature / spirit in everything (including plants, animals and rocks)
- Spirits called upon for success, can create disaster
What are the names of the African Kingdoms?
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Why were West African Kingdoms so rich?
Due to their location and resources
- rivers
- deserts
- gold
- Salt
