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33 Cards in this Set
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This is the world's largest desert
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Sahara
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The Nubian king who conquered Egypt
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Piankhi
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This term refers to professional poets who preserved stories...
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griots
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Kingdom of the Soninke people located between the Niger and Senegal rivers....
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Ghana
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The Nubian capital (Meroe) produced this in great quantities....
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iron
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An inland empire whose name means "great stone buildings"....
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Great Zimbabwe
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This leader's hajj resulted in ties between Mali and other Muslim states....
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Mansa Musa
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Axum was bordered by this body of water...
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Red Sea
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This group developed knowledge of the natural world by adapting to life in the Kalahari.....
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Khoisan
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This leader set up a Muslim dynasty in Songhai....
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Askia Muhammad
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An ancient kingdom located along the Upper Nile....
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Nubia
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An ancient kingdom located along the Upper Nile....
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Nubia
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A Christian kingdom in the mountains of East Africa...
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Ethiopia
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A kingdom in the rain forests of the Guinea coast...
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Benin
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These winds helped create commerce between East Africa and this large Asian nation
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monsoon winds and the Asian nation of India
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Center for trade and learning in Mali
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Timbuktu
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Center for trade and learning in Mali
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Timbuktu
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This is Africa's rank in size among the world's continents....
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Second
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The largest and most populated climate zone in Africa...
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the savanna
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Which of these is not a river in Africa:
Senegal Niger Ethiopian Zambezi |
Ethiopian
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The Sahara is located in:
East Africa North Africa West Africa South Africa |
North Africa
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The African root language....
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Bantu
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The Kalahari Desert is located in:
East Africa North Africa West Africa South Africa |
South Africa
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Which kingdom is farther north.....Nile Kingdom or Nubian Kingdom
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Nile Kingdom
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This term refers to the expansion of desert regions....
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desertification
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This North African state was started by Phoenician traders...
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Carthage
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Camels were brought to North Africa from here.....
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Asia
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Gold and this product dominated early Sahara commerce...
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salt
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He was the greatest emperor of Mali....
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Mansa Musa
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The Kingdom of Mali was located in:
East Africa North Africa West Africa South Africa |
West Africa
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This term refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca....
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hajj
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The Kingdom of Benin was located in:
East Africa North Africa West Africa South Africa |
West Africa
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The Kingdoms of Axum and Ethiopia were located in:
East Africa North Africa West Africa South Africa |
East Africa
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