3.  InNorthern Africa, the _____ dominates the
landscape and geography, creating a natural
barrier for trade routes and effects everyday life.

4.  The Sahara Desert

5.  Thekingdom of Ethiopia became isolated
from it’s neighbors largely because ____.

6.  They were the lone Christian kingdom
surrounded by Muslims.

7.  ________ was the greatest ruler of the
kingdom of Mali. He was a devout Muslim
and based his justice system on the Quran.
He made the hajj to Mecca and brought back
Islamic education and technology..

8.  Mansa Musa

10.  Manyof the kingdoms of Western Africa were
dependent on the trade of two commodities;
_______ and _______.

11.  Gold and Salt

12.  When a society bases their kinship and
inheritance on the mother’s side, it is known
as ________. Often times, women enjoyed
higher status and boys and men were to
protect and help the women.

13.  Matrilineal Society

14.  Due to migrations over thousands of
years, many African peoples speak a variety
languages deriving from a single, common
language. That language was known as
_____.

15.  Bantu

17.  Africa’s largest and most populated region is the
______, or grasslands.

18.  Savannas

19.  Instructed
to be built by King Lalibela, what
was peculiar or unique about some churches
in Ethiopia?

20.  Builtinto solid
rock, underground or
into the side of a
mountain

21.  Eastern Africa trade led to the development
of a new, vibrant language and culture
known as _____. In time, many Arabic words
were absorbed into the language so they
could better communicate with Muslim
traders. In fact, the term means “off the
coast” in Arabic.

22.  Swahili

24.  Much of Africa’s history has been passed down
through _________ over many centuries. In West
Africa, griots, are professional storytellers would
recite ancient stories.

25.  Oral tradition

26.  The
extent of the East African trade network
was said to have reached as far as ______!

27.  China
 EastAfricans traded
with Europe, the
Middle East, India and
far as China! Chinese
porcelain has been
found in places like
Greater Zimbabwe.

28.  The _______ kingdom of West Africa was very
powerful. In fact, they had a professional
army chosen by a draft that would protect
the empire. They also had a very organized
government with separate departments for
the treasury, military and agriculture
designed to help the emperor run his empire
more efficiently.

29.  Songhai