Unit 1 and 2

To get to East Africa, Arab merchants needed to travel the Indian Ocean by using what kind of wind patterns?

Who was this North African king of Mali considered to be the wealthiest man in history?

What was the language created as a blending or syncretism between African Bantu, Arabic, and Persian for trading?

These are West African storytellers who maintain the history and stories of the ancient past.

This was the great kingdom of gold and salt mining in West Africa in the Sahara Desert.

This city in southern Africa was where the gold was mined and collected and taken to the coastal city of Kilwa for sale to Arab merchants.

What king in Western Europe made sure that Christianity was the religion of the people? He also unified Western Europe under his kingdom for a short time. Who was he?

While most of Europe was disorganized or fragmented, what became the social structure (not religious) that ruled the continent?

What was the name of the estate or land that a lord or vassal lived on?

What killed ⅓ of the European population from 1347 to 1351?

• Bubonic Plague

• Smallpox

• Influenza

• Cholera