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WHI Unit 10.3
Africa Empires Review
Term | Definition |
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Wealth | seas, oceans, rivers allow African civilizations ability to gain great- |
Sahara Desert | Arabian Traders brought Islamic beliefs and Islam spread in throughout routes across this desert |
Animism | spirit belief in animals, plants, natural forces |
Gold and Salt | Africa’s two resources in high demand at the time |
Axum | Modern-day Ethiopia |
Christianity | religion of the Axum Empire |
Nile River | Axum used the ____ and Red Sea for trade and travel |
Western | Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires were located in the ____ region of Africa |
continent | Africa is a ____ |
Ghana | 1st West African Empire became wealthy by taxing traders that carried goods through the territory |
Mali | 2nd West African Empire that claimed Ghana’s territory and gained control of the salt and copper trade |
Timbuktu | city that served as trading center of the Mali Empire and also a center of learning for Muslim universities |
Songhai | 3rd West African Empire that rose to power after Mali’s leaders proved to be weak, traded gold, salt, and later slaves beginning in the 1400’s AD |
Niger and Senegal | West African rivers that Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires used for trade/travel |
Great Zimbabwe | Southeast African Empire |
Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers | South African rivers that were used by Great Zimbabwe for trade/travel |
Indian Ocean | Great Zimbabwe's location was close to this major ocean- |
stone enclosures | Great Zimbabwe's architectural designs- |