• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/14

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

14 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Africa was once called the ______________ continent.
Why?
dark
b/c Europeans had explored only a small part
The ___________ocean borders Africa on the east.
Indian
The largest desert is the_________________ .

The hottest desert is the ________________ .

The places where vegetation grows in the desert is an
Sahara
Sahara
Oasis
Important African Rivers include the _____________, _____________________, and the ___________________ .
Nile Niger Congo
Nubia is also known as the Kingdom of ________________ .

The war with ____________ destroyed the kingdom of Kush.
Kush

Aksum
Aksum was powerful b/c of _________________________.

________________ was used as an unusual building material.
Trade

Salt
These help camels survive in the desert:


Invisible things traders carried across the desert were
Broad feet, hump filled with fat, double rows of eye lashes.

Culture, religion, ideas
This is another name for the "Land of gold."

Location was important for Ghana bc it was in the center of____________ ______________.
Ghana

trade routes
This was used as a valuable tool to keep food from spoiling.

The _____________ is a rolling dry plain south of the Sahara.
Salt

saheel
Sundatita was known as the fearless lion bc_____________


Sumanguru did not kill Sundatia bc he was
He was fearless in battle.



weak and handicapped.
Timbuktu was famous for its


Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to __________________ bc he was required to.
Mosques, University, and library


Mecca
In the 1300's western Africa is called the ______________ ____________ ________________________ bc of Mansa Musa's long reign.

Mali was eclipsed by the ________________ ____________.
Century of Musa


Sanghi Empire
We remember the travels of Ibn Butatta to _____________, ___________________ and ________________ bc he wrote a book about them in a book called ______________.
Arabia, China, India



Rihlah
`Askia Muhamed was a devout ____________________.
Muslim