Ch. 11 Civilizations of Africa

the movement from one country or region to settle in another

• clan

• city-state

• migration

• Bantu

a large group of central and southern African who speak related languages

• Mansa Musa

• Ile-Ife

• migration

• Bantu

an area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

• savanna

• Sahara

• chaperral

• rain forest

accounts of the past that people pass down by word of mouth

• memory

• anthology

• oral history

• none of the above

a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor

• clan

• family

• Bantu

• Songhai

a king of Mali in the 1300's

• Ghana Musa

• Ile-Ife

• Mansa Musa

• Benin Ife

a rich kingdom of the West African Savanna

• Mali

• Zimbabwe

• Kilwa

• Inca

the first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade

• Lalibela

• Kilwa

• Benin

• Ghana

a powerful kingdom of the West Africa

• Great Zimbabwe

• Songhai

• Ethiopia

• Aksum

a powerful southeast African city

• Swahili

• Mansa Musa

• Aksum

• Great Zimbabwe