Africa History Part 1

Located in southern Africa along the Zambezi River, this kingdom was known for supplying East Africa with gold and ivory and built a massive stone block complex known as the Great Enclosure. Archeologists found trade goods in the ruins from as far away as China. 

• Kush Kingdom

• Mali Kingdom

• Axum Kingdom

• Great Zimbabwe

Located along the coast of the Red Sea in modern day Ethiopia. This Kingdom grew wealthy from controlling the trade around the Horn of Africa, built tall stone structures known as stelae, converted to Christianity in the 300's, and created multiple rock-cut churches

• Kush Kingdom

• Great Zimbabwe

• Axum Kingdom

• Mali Kingdom

Located along the Nile River in modern day Sudan, This Kingdom grew wealthy from trading with Egypt, built pyramid structures, and their famous warrior queen helped defended itself from the Roman Empire, securing its independence for centuries.

• Axum Kingdom

• Kush Kingdom

• Mali Kingdom

• Great Zimbabwe

Located in West Africa, this Kingdom had multiple key leaders, like Sundiata Keita and Mansa Musa, and was known for massive wealth from the salt and gold trade, and becoming a major education and religious center of the world with cities like Timbuktu. 

• Kush Kingdom

• Mali Kingdom

• Great Zimbabwe

• Axum Kingdom

Along which river were the Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?

• Orange River

• Nile River

• Niger River
• Thames River

In 1488 he was the first to round the tip of Africa and found the Cape of Good Hope. He discovered a new route between Asia and Europe!

• Bartolomeu Dias
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

A Muslim Moroccan explorer known for his book Rihla or "Journey" documenting his 30 years and 75,000 miles of travel. After going on Hajj, he continued to travel throughout the middle east, Eastern Africa, India, China, and finally the trade kingdoms of West Africa. 

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo
• Ibn Battuta

First to circumnavigate (sail around) the globe, but died in the Philippines. The Southern most strait in South America was named after him. 

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer who used the route around Africa to sail on to India, establishing Portugal's profitable new trade routes.

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama

Contracted by Spain, he wanted to find a westward route to Asia, but landed in the Bahamas instead, connecting Europe to North America. 

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus