_______ , also known as "ships of the desert", revolutionized trade across the Sahara.
Question 19
19.
The process of _______ devoured thousands of acres of cropland and pastureland.
Question 20
20.
"Farming villages began to produce a _______ , that is, more than they needed".
Little is known about their government, but we do know they left behind "stone houses".
Great Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
This East-African language and culture comes from the Arabic word meaning "of the coast".
Swahili
Oromo
Nigerian
Bantu
When referring to the kingdom as a whole, Axumite kings used what Greek word?
Nubia
Phoenicia
Ethiopia
Djbouti
What port city located on the Red Sea was responsible for much of the wealth of Axum?
Monte Carlo
Adrianople
Damascus
Adulis
The people of this East-African kingdom surpsingly chose Christianity as their main religion, despite being close to both the Arabian Peninsula and Mecca.
Nubia
Carthage
Axum
Mali
The soldier-king Sonni Ali would go on to create this, the largest West-African kingdom ever.
Songhai
Morocco
Great Zimbabwe
Axum
What kingdom translated means "where the king dwells?"
Ghana
Nubia
Songhai
Mali
Around 800 C.E., the rulers of the Soninke people would unite many farming villages to create this West-African kingdom.
Mozambique
Great Zimbabwe
Ghana
Ethiopia
A variety of West-African languages are derived from what root language?
Swahili
Greek
Zulu
Bantu
North and south of the Equator you can find these grassy plains in Africa.
hopefully you studied for this test
prairies
savannas
meadowlands
Songhai forces defeated invading Moroccan forces due to their equipping of English cannons and arquebuses.
True
False
The Nile river runs through both the Egyptian and Nubian kingdoms of old.
True
False
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
True
False
After conquering the Nubians, the Assyrians would force them to move their captial to the trading city of Meroe.
True
False
Salt would be considered a commodity of ancient Africa.
True
False
What two facts found below, are true about the Kingdom of Nubia?
Adopted Christianity as their religion.
Modeled their traditions and architecture after Egypt.
Also known as the Kingdom of Kush.
Would eventually be conquered by the Roman Empire.
Forged new diplomatic and economic ties while travelling to Mecca.
King Lalibella
Amid the collapse of Ghana, would conquer his enemies and establish the kingdom of Mali.
Mansa Musa
Directed the building of 11 churches, carved out of solid rock in the ground.