Unit I Jeopardy PlacesPeople Define/Identify Events Geography

People 100 Trained individual in the art of oral history and storytelling.

Griot People 100 Answer

People 200 The Great House

Pharaoh People 200 Answer

People 300 A Berber (North African traveler) who travelled to Mali and as far away as China

People 300 Answer Ibn Battuta

People 400 A Young Moroccan man who wrote about a visit to Timbuktu in

People 400 Answer Leo Africanus

People 500 Power King of Mali who made a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca

People 500 Answer Mansa Musa

People 600 Responsible for the early development of Mali

People 600 Answer Sundiata

People 700 Man responsible for establishing Songhay; had the leading power of West Africa

People 700 Answer Sunni Ali

People 800 Live in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana and practice a nomadic lifestyle

People 800 Answer Kalahari San

People 900 Said to be the founder of Kush

People Answer Alara

Places 100 Island town that became the most important Swahili trading center

Places 100 Answer Kilwa

Places 200 Kingdom in South Eastern Africa that produced great stone buildings and a vigorous trade in the 14 th century

Places 200 Answer Great Zimbabwe

Places 300 Trade center located in the Mali and Songhai empires

Places 300 Answer Timbuktu

Places 400 Gold, salt and slaves led to the prosperity of this Kingdom

Places 400 Answer Ghana

Places 500 Predominantly a Mandingo state with the capital city of Kangaba

Places 500 Answer Mali

Places 600 Trained elephants in warfare.

Places 600 Answer Kush

Places 700 Was conquered by a Moroccan Army that used an early type of gun

Places 700 Answer Songhai

Places 800 Known for its Bronze Artwork and the king was called the Oba

Places 800 Answer Benin

Places 900 Trade center of Axum

Places 900 Answer Adulis

Define 100 When the ruler is both the political and spiritual head of state.

Define 100 Answer Divine Kingship

Define 200 Study of Ancient Societies

Define 200 Answer Archaeology

Define 300 When people settle in one place.

Define 300 Answer Sedentary

Define 400 A trade language & culture that was a mixture of Eastern Bantu & Arabic

Define 400 Answer Swahili

Define 500 A blending of 2 religions or beliefs to form something new

Define 500 Answer Syncretism

Define 600 A process in which green land is converted into desert over a period of time.

Define 600 Answer Desertification

Define 700 What is the ruler of Kongo called?

Define 700 Answer Manikongo

Define 800 Rulers of Ancient Egypt

Define 800 Answer Pharaoh

Define 900 What does Ghanas mean?

Define 900 Answer Warrior King

Events 100 What did Lois & Mary Leaky discover at Olduvai Gorge?

Events 100 Answer Evidence of the 1 st Humans originating in Africa.

Events 200 A large-scale migration due to the introduction of iron and population growth.

Events 200 Answer Bantu Expansion

Events 300 The arrival of Black Death was one of the causes that led to the decline of this kingdom.

Events 300 Answer Mali

Events 400 Declined due to the rise & expanding religion Islam

Events 400 Answer Axum

Events 500 State 3 ways that the presence of Islam affected Africans.

Events 500 Answer 1. Some rejected it 2. Some blended it 3. Some accepted it 4. Reduced political status of women 5. Trade networks 6. Written records in Arabic

Events 600 How did trade negatively impact kingdoms? Give one answer.

Events 600 Answer 1. Uneven accumulation of wealth 2. Depletion of resources 3. Loss of culture 4. Invasion

Events 700 What was the result of the Arab merchants involvement in the trans- Saharan trade?

Events 700 Answer Written records in Arabic

Events 800 The discovery of this allowed for the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Events 800 Answer The Rosetta Stone

Events 900 What is the Old Kingdom of Egypt referred to as?

Events 900 Answer Age of the Pyramids

Geography 100 This is the only kingdom in South Eastern Africa…

Geography 100 Answer Great Zimbabwe

Geography 200 State the 3 lines of latitude that run through Africa.

Geography 200 Answer Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn

Geography 300 State the 2 major deserts of Africa

Geography 300 Answer Sahara Desert Kalahari Desert

Geography 400 State the 4 major bodies of water that surround Africa

Geography 400 Answer Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Red Sea Mediterranean Sea

Geography 500 State the 4 major rivers in Africa.

Geography 500 Answer The Nile The Niger The Congo The Zambezi

Geography 600 Name the 3 kingdoms located in North Eastern Africa

Geography 600 Answer Ancient Egypt Kush Axum

Geography 700 Tropical woodland and grasslands

Geography 700 Answer Savanna

Geography 800 Meroe was a trade center for this kingdom…

Geography 800 Answer Kush

Geography 900 Name the world’s largest man-made lake.

Geography 900 Answer Lake Victoria