Africa

Question 0

Sahara

Answer 0

Desert in Northern Africa

Hard for living and travel

Question 1

How did the diverse geographical areas in Africa affect the lifestyles of people living there?

Answer 1

Isolation
Different lifestyle
Could not be controlled by one ruler

Question 2

Savanna

Answer 2

Flat, grassy plain

Soil is good for agriculture

Question 3

Sahel

Answer 3

The African region along the southern border of the Sahara

Question 4

Soninke

Answer 4

Warriors between the trade routes, taxed the trader

Question 5

Gold-salt trade

Answer 5

Trade of gold and salt from northern and southern regions

Question 6

Ghana Empire

Answer 6

West African kingdom that grew rich from taxing and controlling trade

Question 8

Mali Empire

Answer 8

West African empire that grew rich from trade

Question 9

Actions of the kings of the Empire of Ghana

Answer 9

King stored his taxes
Ruler was a religious figure, judge and military commander
King collected tributes 
Controlled the economy
Only the king was allowed to have gold
Rulers converted to Islam

Question 10

Fall of the Empire of Ghana

Answer 10

Muslim Almoravids from North Africa conquered Ghana

Question 11

Kings of the Empire of Mali

Answer 11

Sundiata

Mansa Musa

Question 12

Sundiata

Answer 12

*The Lion King*
Replaced bad leader (his cousin)
Good administrator and general
Created a powerful army
Lead a period of peace and prosperity

Question 13

Mansa Musa

Answer 13

Good military leader
Doubled the empire
One of the wealthiest people ever
Trashed the economy of Egypt
Muslim

Question 14

Fall of the Empire of Mali

Answer 14

Mansa Musa’s successors lacked the ability to govern well

Question 15

Songhai Empire

Answer 15

Wealth from the gold salt trade

Rulers were Muslim

Question 16

Leaders of the Songhai Empire

Answer 16

Sunni Ali

Askia Muhammad

Question 17

Sunni Ali

Answer 17

Built a professional army
Captured Timbuktu
Created a large empire
Took the city of Djenné

Question 18

Askia Muhammad

Answer 18

Good administator
Had an efficient tax system
Lead Muslim rebellion

Question 19

Fall of the Songhai Empire

Answer 19

Lacked modern weapons

Question 20

The most important trade items in West Africa

Answer 20

Gold and salt

Question 21

Ibn Battuta

Answer 21

African traveler 
Muslim
Traveled for 27 years
Visited most countries in the Islamic world
Islamic Marco Polo

Question 22

Kingdom of Aksum

Answer 22

Grew rich from intercontinental trade

Blending of cultures

Question 23

What were the main trade items of the Kingdom of Aksum?

Answer 23

Animal products (ivory, tortoiseshell, leopard skin)

Question 24

Ezana

Answer 24

Conquered part of the Arabian peninsula

Christian

Question 25

Swahili

Answer 25

An Arabic-influenced Bantu language widely spoken in eastern and central Africa

Question 26

Kilwa

Answer 26

City State People were Muslim Luxurious lifestyle

Question 27

Fall of the Kingdom of Aksum

Answer 27

Islamic invasion

Question 28

Fall of Sofala, Kilwa and Mombasa

Answer 28

Portuguese conquest

Question 29

List 5 ways Islam changed East Africa

Answer 29

i. A Muslim sultan governed most cities ii. Most towns had a mosque iii. Most government officials and merchants were Muslim iv. People converted to Islam v. Muslim officials decided legal matters

Question 30

Souce of wealth and power in the Great Zimbabwe

Answer 30

Trade Making goods Raising animals Farming

Question 31

Kings of the Great Zimbabwe

Answer 31

Worshiped as gods Ruled by collecting tributes Ruled with their mothers

Question 32

Fall of the Great Zimbabwe

Answer 32

Great Zimbabwe was deserted | Reason unknown

Question 33

5 reasons Europeans used Africans as slaves

Answer 33

Africans had experience in farming and could be taught plantation work Africans had been exposed to European disease and had built up immunity Less likely to escape (did not know the land) Easier to catch escaped slaves because of their appearance Needed cheap labor

Question 34

How were Africans brought to the Americas by the Atlantic slave trade?

Answer 34

By ship

Question 35

Why did some Africans cooperate with the slave traders?

Answer 35

Exchanged slaves for gold, guns, and other goods

Question 36

Triangular Trade

Answer 36

Trading network where slaves and other goods were transpoted between Africa, Europe, the West Indies and the American colonies

Question 37

Middle Passage

Answer 37

Middle leg of the trangular trade