African Test Review

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  1. 4. Christian trading kingdom in east Africa
  2. 6. woven cloth
  3. 9. formal study and learning
  4. 10. A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption
  5. 12. A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to honor historical events. The kingdom of Axum made very large pillars with steps and doors.
  6. 13. Open grassland with scattered trees
  7. 16. An inheritance; something handed down from an ancestor or from the past
  8. 20. (4 words) Sea based trade routes that connected Africa, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia
  9. 25. (2 words) A technology developed by the Nok people. This skill gave the West African kingdoms an advantage in technology and war.
  10. 26. Important military leader in the Songhai Empire
  11. 27. an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall
  12. 28. A group of traders traveling together
  13. 29. The founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes. Known as the "lion king"
  14. 30. a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; also known as "the shore of the desert". It divides the desert from the rainforest
  15. 31. wealth, success
  16. 33. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
  17. 35. Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
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  1. 1. related to business
  2. 2. Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons. East African traders used these patterns to trade with other civilizations in the Indian Ocean.
  3. 3. (4 words) Connected West Africa to North Africa; West African kingdoms traded gold with North African Muslims for salt
  4. 5. Coastal land
  5. 7. African storytellers
  6. 8. A strict social class system where people are born into a certain level and unable to move up in levels.
  7. 11. Largest African trading kingdom during its time; Helped rebel against Mali; only lasted for about 100 years
  8. 14. king of Songhai and took the title sunni. Mounted warriors protected land and fleet of war canoes patrolling the Niger River. Controlled the trans-Saharan trading routes
  9. 15. (2 words) A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining.
  10. 17. First of the West African kingdoms. Made money off of the Trans-Saharan trade network. Ghanan kings would tax the trade of gold and salt.
  11. 18. Trading kingdom founded by Sundiata in West Africa; other famous leader was Mansa Musa. Very wealthy empire that made money off of the Trans-Saharan trade network. Created a Islamic center in Timbuktu and Gao.
  12. 19. specialization The division of labor into specialized activities that allow individuals to be more productive at one skill.
  13. 21. groups of families who claim a common ancestor
  14. 22. East African kingdom located near the Red Sea, strongly influenced by Egyptians, center for the spread of Egyptian culture to trading partners.
  15. 23. Group claiming a common ancestor
  16. 24. A Bantu language with arabic words, spoken along the east African coastA Bantu language with arabic words, spoken along the east African coast
  17. 32. word used to describe Swahili city-states and their multistoried stone houses
  18. 33. a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time
  19. 34. A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims. Mali emperor, Mansa Musa, is famous for his pilgrimage where he brought many Islamic scholars back to the kingdom.