Chapter 12.2

Question 1

Kingdom that existed from the 700s to the 1000s in the region between the Sahara and the forests of southern west Africa

Answer 1

Ghana

Question 2

North African Islamic dynasty in the 1000s and 1100s that tried to forcibly convert neighboring people’s

Answer 2

Almoravids

Question 3

West African empire established by the Malinke people between the 1200s and the 1500s

Answer 3

Mali

Question 4

Ruler of the Malinke people in the 1200s who greatly expanded Mali’s empire

Answer 4

Sundiata

Question 5

City of Mali developed by Sundiata in the 1200s as a center of trade and culture

Answer 5

Timbuktu

Question 6

Leader of the Mali empire from 1312 to about 1332

Answer 6

Mansa Musa

Question 7

West African people whose leaders built a giant empire in the 1400s and 1500s

Answer 7

Songhai

Question 8

Ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire and organized the government

Answer 8

Askia Muhammad

Question 9

Across the Sahara

Answer 9

Trans-Sahara

Question 10

To forcefully take possession of something

Answer 10

Seize