Set: §upa - Jeopardy Terms - 13 - Kingdoms, Empires, & States of Africa

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Term Definition
Sahara (Desert) Vast desert that separates northern and southern Africa
Savannas Dry grasslands of Africa
Sub-Saharan (Africa) Term for Africa south of the Sahara
Mediterranean Sea Sea that borders northern Africa
Atlantic Ocean Body of water that borders western Africa
(Tropical) Rain Forest Densely wooded region that receives enormous amounts of rain
Desert Inhospitable environment that makes up about 40 percent of the African continent
Nile River Valley Location of earliest, and great, civilization of Africa
Sudan Region Region of Africa between the Sahara and the tropical rain forest
Kalahari (Desert) Desert of southern Africa
Niger (River) Major river of western Africa
Congo (River) Major river of central Africa
Timbuktu Mali trading city, center of Muslim learning
Indian Ocean Ocean that borders eastern Africa
Lake Victoria Enormous lake named by Europeans for a British monarch
Red Sea Eastern boundary of the Sahara Desert
Great Rift Valley Long, deep gash in the earth in eastern Africa where the first humans appeared
Zambezi (River) Major river of southern Africa
Lake Chad Lake on the eastern edge of western Africa
Lake Tanganyika Large, elongated lake in eastern Africa
Sahel Region Savanna region that borders the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
Gold Precious metal mined in western Africa's forested regions
Salt Commodity that Arab merchants brought to the African kingdoms from the Sahara
Islam Religion brought to Africa by Arab traders
Ancestors Family members venerated by most traditional African societies
Ivory Trade item derived from elephants that was much in demand
Camels Pack animals that made cross-Sahara caravans possible
Trade Widespread activity that created a rich mix of cultures in Africa
Arabic The language of trade and business in western Africa
Swahili Bantu language with many Arabic words
Churches Rock buildings carved in Ethiopia in the early 1200s
Animism Widespread African religious belief centered around spirits in daily life
Alphabet Basis of the Nubian written language
Christianity Religion of the ancient kingdom of Axum and of modern-day Ethiopia
Lineage Group of families that claimed a common ancestor
Kente Cloth Beautiful multi-colored fabric worn by Ashanti kings and chiefs
Cowrie Shells Common African currency that came from the sea
Bronze, Brass Sculpture Art form that was a specialty of Benin artists
Griots West African storytellers who passed on a society's oral history
Nok Ancient culture of northern Nigeria that smelted iron and produced a distinctive sculpture
Desertification Term for the continuing spread of the Sahara
Ge'ez Unique language of Axum
Berbers Original inhabitants of North Africa, fiercely independent desert dwellers
Bantu West African farmers and herders - spread widely S and E between 500 B.C.E. and C.E. 1500
Mansa Musa Great Mali ruler who gave away vast amounts of gold on his hajj to Mecca
Sultans Muslim rulers of East African city-states
Sundiata Mali's first great ruler, who ousted the ruler who had killed all his brothers
Ibn Battuta N. African traveler/historian - wrote in detail about his journeys through Islamic Africa (1300s)
Hausa People who developed city-states with clay-walled capital cities
Soninke People who called their ruler Ghana, or war chief
Yoruba City-state dwellers whose chiefs all traced their descent from the first ruler of Ife
Sunni Ali First great ruler of Songhai, who established the empire
Askia Muhammd Second great ruler of Songhai, a Muslim who ruled during the 1500s
As-Sahili Spanish Muslim architect who introduced Arabic styles to Mali
Ezana Powerful king of Axum who conquered Kush and converted to Christianity
Piankhi King of Kush who founded Egypt's twenty-fifth dynasty
Igbo, Efe, San, Tiv, Nuer People who lived a stateless society from the ninth through the nineteenth centuries
Amina Queen of the Hausa city-state of Zazzau (Zaria) renowned for her military conquests
King Lalibela Ethiopian king who had Christian churches carved downward into mountains
Hassan Ibn Muhammad Muslim scholar known in the West as Leo Africanus
Almoravids, Almohads Two groups of N. African Berber Muslim reformers - established dynasties in the 11th/12th cent.
Nubia Region south of Egypt along the upper Nile River
Kush Ancient kingdom of Nubia, which conquered Egypt
Timbuktu Mali trading city, center of Muslim learning
Axum This kingdom's Red Sea port city was Adulis.
Sudan Present-day state where the ancient kingdom of Nubia was located
Egypt Nation ruled by Nubians at times
Morocco North African country that conquered the Songhai Empire
Ghana Earliest kingdom of the western Sudan, it flourished from the 700s to the mid-1000s.
Mali Kingdom that controlled much of western African from the 1200s until about 1500
Marrakesh Capital of Morocco under Berber Muslim dynasties
Kongo Kingdom that flourished around 1500 in present-day Zaire
Great Zimbabwe Impressive 60-acre stone city in southern Africa abandoned by 1450
Djenne-Djeno Ancient city in West Africa near the Niger River, at least as old as 250 B.C.E.
Songhai West African empire that flourished in the 1400s and 1500s, overthrown by Moroccans in 1591
Benin Rain-forest kingdom of the Guinea coast - flourishing when the Portuguese arrived in 1483
Kilwa Beautiful, wealthiest, and most powerful city-state of East Africa from the 1200s to the 1400s
Taghaza Saharan village where houses were made from salt blocks
Gao Prosperous capital city of the kingdom of Songhai
Kumbi Saleh Capital of wealthy kingdom of Ghana in the mid-1000s
Meroë Second capital of Kush, an iron-making center

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Terms 81
Creator SupaComputa
Created September 27, 2008
Group AP World History - Garrett
Subjects ap world history, supa, jeopardy, terms, africa
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A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the kingdoms, empires, and states of Africa

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  1. Piankhi → King of Kush who founded Egypt's twenty-fifth dynasty - 5 misses
  2. Djenne-Djeno → Ancient city in West Africa near the Niger River, at least as old as 250 B.C.E. - 5 misses
  3. Meroë → Second capital of Kush, an iron-making center - 5 misses
  4. Soninke → People who called their ruler Ghana, or war chief - 4 misses
  5. As-Sahili → Spanish Muslim architect who introduced Arabic styles to Mali - 4 misses
  6. Ezana → Powerful king of Axum who conquered Kush and converted to Christianity - 4 misses
  7. Igbo, Efe, San, Tiv, Nuer → People who lived a stateless society from the ninth through the nineteenth centuries - 4 misses