Chapter 7 Early African Civilizations Jeopardy Template

Climate and Landforms	Elements of Culture	People of Africa	Kingdoms of Africa	Potpouri
100 What is the Sahara Which of Africa’s deserts stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean?	100 What is descent traced through the mother. Many African societies were matrilineal, meaning	100 Who is Sundiata Keita United the people of Mali	100 What is the “fleets of the desert.” The Berber camel caravans became known as the	100 What were camels What was a crucial factor in African trade across the Sahara for the Berbers?
200 What is Asia After ____, Africa is the largest of the continents	200 What is Music and Storytelling What is used to pass along a community’s history in the absence of a written language.	200 Who is Mansa Musa Traveled to Mecca and transformed Mali and Timbocto into an Islamic community.	200 its location along the Red Sea. Which of the following was the first of the great trading states to emerge in West Africa?	200 What is salt, which was used to preserve food and improve its taste. The people of Ghana often traded their gold for
300 What is the savannas, broad grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs About 40 percent of Africa’s land area is covered by	300 What is the ancestors were believed to be closer to the gods Ancestors were a key element in African religion because	300 Who is Muhammad Ture The Songhai Empire reached the height of its power during his reign.	300 Who is Sundiata Keita. Mali was established in the mid-thirteenth century by...	300 What is the tsetse fly Infects both humans and animals with sleeping sickness
400 What is its location along the Red Sea. Axum owed much of its prosperity to...	400 What is Christianity, which was first brought by shipwrecked Syrians The official religion of Axum by around A.D. 300 was	400 Who were the Ashanti People in Ghana who worshipped Nyame and a group of lesser gods	400 What is salt Kush declined because of the rise of	400 Who were diviners A special class of ____ believed they had the power to foretell events, usually by working with supernatural forces.
500 What is myrrh An aromatic tree resin	500 What is a stateless society A group of independent villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head.	500 What is have created sculpture. The Nok culture is the oldest known West African culture to...	500 Who were the Axum Emerged as an independent trading state that combined Arab and African cultures	500 Who were the Kush Which was the earliest African empire?

Chapter 7: Early African Civilizations

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