World History Ancient Africa (Except Egypt)

Front 1

Name 2 ancient East African civilizations.

Back 1

Axum and Zimbabwe

Front 2

Name 3 ancient West African civilizations.

Back 2

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

Front 3

African civilizations developed in _____ - _________ Africa.

Back 3

Sub-Saharan

Front 4

The Kingdom of Aksum flourished in what is now northern ____________.

Back 4

Ethiopia

Front 5

The Kingdom of Aksum had well established __________ with the Greco- Roman world.

Back 5

Trade links.

Front 6

What religion was practiced in Aksum?

Back 6

Christianity

Front 7

What was the language of Aksum?

Back 7

Ge'ez

Front 8

With the _________ __________ of northern Africa in the 7th century, Aksum's contact with the rest of the Christian world was broken.

Back 8

Muslim conquest

Front 9

Aksum later became the kingdom of ________.

Back 9

Ethiopia

Front 10

Aksum located near _______ highlands and the _______ RIver.

Back 10

Ethiopian
Nile

Front 11

The earliest known civilization in Zimbabwe was based on the exploitation of rich deposits of _______.

Back 11

Gold

Front 12

City of _________ Zimbabwe was capital of a prosperous empire.

Back 12

Great

Front 13

By 1100 Zimbabwe had developed important _________ in gold and ______ .

Back 13

Trade
ivory

Front 14

Zimbabwe located near the ______ and ________ rivers.

Back 14

Zambesi and Limpopo

Front 15

Zimbabwe was located near the ________ Ocean coast.

Back 15

Indian

Front 16

The earliest known civilization in Zimbabwe was based on the exploitation of rich deposits of _______.

Back 16

Gold

Front 17

City of _________ Zimbabwe was capital of a prosperous empire.

Back 17

Great

Front 18

By 1100 Zimbabwe had developed important _________ in gold and ______ .

Back 18

Trade
ivory

Front 19

Zimbabwe located near the ______ and ________ rivers.

Back 19

Zambesi and Limpopo

Front 20

Zimbabwe was located near the ________ Ocean coast.

Back 20

Indian

Front 21

West African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai were located near the _______ River and the __________ Desert.

Back 21

Niger
Sahara

Front 22

City of ___________ was center of trade and learning.

Back 22

Timbuktu

Front 23

Trans-Saharan trade based on ________ and ________.

Back 23

Gold and Salt

Front 24

In early West African civilizations, people worshiped __________.

Back 24

Nature

Front 25

The attribution of conscious life to natural objects or to nature itself is known as ____________.

Back 25

Animism

Front 26

After 632, animism was replaced by _______ in West Africa.

Back 26

Islam

Front 27

Mali was centered near the _________ and ________ Rivers.

Back 27

Senegal and Niger

Front 28

The rulers of Mali were converted to ________.

Back 28

Islam

Front 29

The peak of the Mali Empire occurred under that ruler?

Back 29

Mansa Musa

Front 30

Mansa Musa went on a pilgrimage to _______.

Back 30

Mecca

Front 31

The greatest period of expansion in the Songhai empire occurred under:

Back 31

Sunni Ali & Askia Muhammad

Front 32

Under Askia Muhammad, ______ flourished and Tombouctou became a major center of ________ _________.

Back 32

Islam
Muslim Learning

Front 33

Tombouctou was renowned for its _______ and its book trade

Back 33

University

Front 34

Ghana, equipped with iron weapons became master of the _______ __________ from Morocco in the north to coastal forests in the south

Back 34

Trade routes

Front 35

Late in the 11th century Ghana was destroyed by the __________, a militant Muslim movement.

Back 35

Almoravids

Front 36

What 2 rivers flow into the Indian Ocean?

Back 36

Zambezi
Limpopo

Front 37

What river is in the center of Africa?

Back 37

Congo

Front 38

What river is the longest in West Africa?

Back 38

Niger