Chapter 13

Question 1

Africa’s longest river

Answer 1

Nile

Question 2

promised to free all slaves in her kingdom

Answer 2

Queen Nzinga

Question 3

largest empire in West Africa

Answer 3

Songhai

Question 4

reward given to heroic soldiers in Mali

Answer 4

National Honor of the Trousers

Question 5

journeyed to Makkah in 1324

Answer 5

Mansa Musa

Question 6

empire that grew wealthy from salt & gold trade

Answer 6

Ghana

Question 7

a city-state in Ethiopia

Answer 7

Axum

Question 8

trade route connecting Western Africa to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 8

death road

Question 9

the spread of African culture around the world by enslaved Africans

Answer 9

African Diaspora

Question 10

fishing groups that migrated throughout Africa around 3000 B.C.

Answer 10

Bantu

Question 11

what Sundiata Keita was known for

Answer 11

Mali warrior king–seized Ghana

Question 12

area of high flat land

Answer 12

plateau

Question 13

animal the Romans introduced to North Africa

Answer 13

camels

Question 14

who inherited kingdom of Ghana when king died

Answer 14

son of king’s sister

Question 15

major crop of Portuguese using African slaves

Answer 15

sugar cane

Question 16

why enslaved Africans sing

Answer 16

connected them to their homeland–help them cope

Question 17

artisans in rain forest kingdoms because of…

Answer 17

plenty of food

Question 18

similarity between African traditional religions & Islam, Judaism, Christianity

Answer 18

one god–supreme creator

Question 19

how children educated in medieval West Africa

Answer 19

oral histories–family & community

Question 20

one influence on Swahili culture

Answer 20

Islam