Africa part 1 Review

2. ____ (the religion) spread both inside and outside the Arab empire during the Arab conquests.
3. The ____ is the world’s largest desert.
9. The ____ is vegetation/climate zone with grass-land with scattered trees.
11. The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was _______.
15. The belief in traditional African religions that all natural things have spirits - including trees, rivers, plants, & animals.
16. In most traditional African religions, people ____ their ancestors.
17. WEST Africa's longest river is the ______ River.
18. Africa had a strong oral tradition, which involved ___ - which are guys who told stories, sang songs, and shared proverbs.
19. 2/3rds of English words have ____ roots - which demonstrates how the Latin language has a strong influence on the English language.

1. A person’s clan and caste were both determined by his/her ____.
3. ____ is a European country that was once under Arab Muslim rule.
4. According to the 5 Pillars, Muslims must fast daily during the holy month of _____.
5. The raised but flat region in the interior of Africa is a ____.
6. ____ is a feeling of connection based on family relationships.
7. ______ began preaching his beliefs in Mecca after he received messages from God, brought by the angel Gabriel.
8. In Africa culture ____, songs, epic tales, and proverbs were remembered and shared by the griots, or oral historians.
10. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean & Red Seas, and the ____ & Atlantic Oceans.
12. Two important trade cities located on the Niger River were Djenne and ______ (which was also a great Center of Islamic learning).
13. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito” is an example of an African ____.
14. In African society villages were made up of ____ (which are large groups of related families)
15. In many African urban areas ____ was the main language of trade.