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Who was the Mali king that brought much gold to Mecca?
-Mansamusa
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What was the common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa?
-Swahili
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Who was the Supreme Being of the Kikuyu people?
-Ngai
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Who was the Ethiopian king that became a Coptic Christian?
-King Ezance
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Name the river that bordered Zimbabwes empire.
-Zambezi
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What was one of the finest and most substantially built towns?
-Kilwa
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Name the modern town on Somalias eastern coast.
-Mogadishu
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Who were the people that Kilwa engaged in jihad against?
-Zinj people
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Who founded the Kingdom of Mali?
-King Sunjata
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Maize is another name for what food?
-Corn
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What material did the Africans forge into tools and use as a form of money?
-Iron
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Name two West African trading items.
-Gold, iron & cotton
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What large city built near the Sabi River has a name that means great house of stone?
-Zimbabwe
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What is the ancient name for China?
-Cathay
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List two ways in which a camels body is built for desert survival.
- -Stores liquid
- -Stores energy
- -Shuts out sandstorms
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Where was the kingdom of Kush located?
-Ethiopia
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What is another name for Aksum?
-Ethiopia
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What regions did African towns trade with?
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Coptic Christians regard Menelik as the offspring of what king?
-King Solomon
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What has been the imperial title of Ethiopian rulers?
-The conquering lion of the tribe of Judah.
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What commodities did major businesses in eastern African cities center themselves?
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Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?
-Islam
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What empire became prosperous partly because of its gold and salt trading?
-Ghana
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What clan believed in one god?
-Kikuyu
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What developed independently in Africa?
-Iron
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What ages did African empires build advanced cities?
-Europe's dark ages
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Name of a large area of flat grasslands.
-Savannah
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What was the most important element of traditional African culture?
-Family
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What was made by carving rock below ground level?
-Church Salalibeli
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What do animists believe?
-Spirits exist in nature
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What became widely adopted in northern Africa due to the spread of Islam in the region?
-Arabic
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Where did livestock serve as a sign of wealth and prosperity?
-Africa
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What type of land is Africa covered by?
-Deserts and rain forests
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What is the Sahel?
-A narrow strip of land in Africa between the Sahara Desert and the rain forest.
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What do the Coptic Christians believe?
-They believed that the tabet contained the original
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When did people start to convert their religions?
-13th Century
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