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Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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Mount Kilomanjaro | Tallest mountain in Africa |
Savanna | dry grasslands south of the Sahara Desert in Africa |
Mohammed I Askia | Made Timbktu a commercial center.Built Songhai into a strong kingdom |
Sahara | largest desert in Africa |
Transportation Issues | Sub-Saharan, choppy currents in the river system |
Jungle | thick growth where light gets through the canopy |
Griots | story tellers who told the oral history of their tribes |
Sonni Ali | Took over Timbuktu. Placed lots of ships in the Niger. |
Great Rift Valley | created by plate tectonics ripping a hole in the core. 1 half=ocean, other half=salt |
Gold-for-salt trade | Control of these trade routes was important to both Kush and Aksum |
Mansa Musa | Made Timbuktu into a learning center. Supporter of education, the arts, and public building |
Magadishu and Mambasa | trade centers of the Swahili culture |
Shona | culture that occupies what is now Zimbabwe |
Matrillineal | trace history through the mother |
Tropical Rain Forest | a vast forest with a canopy (lots of rain) |
King Ezana | brought Christianity to Africa |