African Kingdoms Vocab

What is Sub Saharan Africa?

• is a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem in south Africa
• is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa
• rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa
• regions of Africa that are located south of the Sahara Desert

Songhai Emperor Askia Muhammad (select all that apply)

• Expanded his borders to create the largest empire in African history

• Increased trade with Europe and Asia

• Promoted scholarship

• Created a government heavily influenced by Islam

• Built a powerful army and navy to conquer Timbuktu

How did the East African Kingdom of Axum (Aksum) become a major trading power?

• They Conquered all the nearby trading ports

• Through the conquering of all local gold mines

• Controlled trade routes between Rome, Arabian Penisula, and India

• By utilizing one currency to control all trade prices.

​ ​ ​ (a)   was the King of Axum who conquered Kush, and was the first leader to convert to Christianity and establish it as the official religion of an African kingdom

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• Ezana
• Mansa Musa
• Ibn Battuta
• Sundiata Keita

Zagwe Dynasty

• Group of rulers who promoted Christianity in their kingdom of Ethiopia
• Constructed eleven rock-hewn churches to attempt to build a own holy city
• West African kingdom established by Sundiata Keita
• West African kingdom established by the Soninke people

​ (a)   was the exchange of gold from West Africa and salt from North Africa across the Sahara Desert that was very profitable for both regions

• Trans-Saharan Trade
• Gold Rush of 1443
• Silent Barter
• Trans-Africa Trade

Trading method where merchants negotiate and exchange goods without directly interacting with each other

• Silent Barter
• High Stakes Auction
• Confidental Exchange
• Secret Market

The Mali Empire (select all that apply)

• West African kingdom established by Sundiata Keita and the Malinke people
• Took control of the trans-Saharan trade from Ghana
• Became a major cultural center for learning and the religion of Islam
• rebelled against Mali to earn its independence

Sundiata Keita (select all that apply)

• Malinke ruler who united many West Africans to overthrow Ghana
• Conquered other kingdoms to form the Mali Empire
• Created a verbal contract and an earliest example guaranteeing human rights
• Gave away a massive amount of gold to the people in Cairo

Songhai Empire (select all that apply)

• West African kingdom that rebelled against Mali to earn its independence
• Took control of several major cities, and nearby territories
• Contolled The trans-Saharan trade
• Became one of the largest African Empires in History
• West African kingdom established by Sundiata Keita