History Chapter 15 - African Civilization

Africa’s savannas

• cover only 10 percent of the land.

• are good for raising herds of animals.

• are good for growing yams.

• are cool and rainy.

The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of

• food.

• leather.

• milk.

• water.

What great warrior-king, called “Lion Prince,” ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Duncan Ali

• Timbuktu

This African zone produces a surplus of crops.

• rain forests

• savannas

• the Mediterranean

• the Sahel

The great trading center of Zimbabwe reached from south of the Zambezi River to the

• Indian Ocean.

• Mediterranean Sea.

• Niger River.

• Nile River.

A kingdom that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea

• Axum

• Ethiopia

• Makkah

• Arendelle

area of high flat land

• dhow

• savannah

• mountain

• plateau

traditional sailing vessels used in the African region

• dhow

• bhow

• chow

• suzuki

storytellers

• oracles

• fishermen

• griots

• grandpas

seized control of Timbuktu

• Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

• Sunni Ali

• Queen Nzinga

• Askia Muhammed