Chapter 18

Question 0

griot

Answer 0

professional singers and storytellers

Question 1

Sundiata

Answer 1

lion prince who built the Mali empire. Assembled army dominated by cavalry

Question 2

Bantu

Answer 2

A group of languages spoken in Africa.

Question 3

Mali

Answer 3

empire founded by Sundiata. Capital Niani

Question 4

Kongo

Answer 4

one of the more prosperous of Congolese states

Question 5

Gao

Answer 5

A terminus of caravan routes across the Sahara that offered access to the Niger River valley

Question 6

Ghana

Answer 6

The principle state of west Africa at the time of the Muslims’ arrival there.

Question 7

Koumbi-Saleh

Answer 7

capital and principle trading site of Ghana. Thriving commercial center

Question 8

Mansa Musa

Answer 8

sundiata’s grand-nephew who ruled Mali during its high point.

Question 9

Swahili

Answer 9

Bantu language supplemented with words and ideas borrowed from Arabic

Question 10

Zimbabwe

Answer 10

the best known of the large and powerful kingdoms. increasingly complex and well organized society

Question 11

age grade

Answer 11

members performed tasks appropriate for their level of development

Question 12

Zanj

Answer 12

referred to black slaves from Swahili coast

Question 13

Ali bin Muhammad

Answer 13

a revel slave who organized about 15,000 Zanj slaves into an immense force that captured the most important city of South Mesopotamia

Question 14

Axum

Answer 14

located in the highlands of modern Ethiopia.