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JEOPARDY. The Spread of Islam to Africa. Categories. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Early Africa. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Mali Empire. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. The Songhay Empire. 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. Important People. 500. Important Events. 100. 200. 300. 400.
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JEOPARDY The Spread of Islam to Africa
Categories 100 200 300 400 500 Early Africa 100 200 300 400 500 The Mali Empire 100 200 300 400 500 The Songhay Empire 100 200 300 400 500 Important People 500 Important Events 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 500 Vocabulary
These were the three western African kingdoms in order. What were Ghana, Mali, and the Songhay Empire?
This is what the Romans called Africa. What was Ifriqiya?
This was the name for the African societies organized around kinship or obligation and lacking the power of a formal state. What were stateless societies ?
This is what Arabs used to refer to lands in the west of Africa. What was the Maghrib ?
These were the two reformist movements that took place among the northern Berbers in Africa and helped spread Islam into the interior. Who were the Almoravids and the Almohadis?
These were competing kingdoms that were neighbors of Ghana. What were the kingdoms of Takur on the Senegal River and Gao on the Niger River ?
This was the patron saint of Ethiopia. Who was St. George?
This was the port city of Mali located just off of the Niger River. What was Timbuktu ?
These were the northern people of Nigeria that formed states that combined Islam and pagan traditions after the demise of the Songhay Empire. Who were the Hausa people?
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He was the leader who helped create the Songhay Empire and who helped spread his empire across the Niger River basin. Who was Sunni Ali
This was the name of the mosque and the area that was persecuted by the early leader of the Songhay? What was the Sankore Mosque and Sankore area?
This was the law of Islam that affirmed a patrilineal society What was Sharia law ?
This was the African language that merged Bantu with Arabic and means “Of the coast”. What was Swahili?
This was the powerful city-state in present day Nigeria that came in contact with the Portuguese in 1485 but remained free from European influence. What was Benin?
This is the term used for the study of population. What is demography ?
This was the African kingdom based on agriculture and formed on the lower Congo River by the late 15th century. What was The Kongo Kingdom?
This was the kingdom that developed in the south central region of Africa where the Luba people lived and where the ruler and his family were supposed to have special powers to rule. What was Katanga ?
This was another name for the Bantu confederation of Shona speaking people located between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers and created a centralized state by the 15th century. What was the Great Zimbabwe?
The term used by the people of Great Zimbabwe to refer to their king. What was Mwene Mutapa?
The Ethiopian Christian state could trace its heritage back to the marriage of these two biblical people. Who were Solomon and Sheba?
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He was the Ethiopian King who sponsored the building of 11 greeat churches sculpted from rock in the town that shared his name. Who was King Lalibela?
These were the two main trading commodities of the Empire of Ghana. What was salt and gold?
This was the name for the Malinke merchants that traded in the Mali empire and eventually spread throughout western Africa. Who were the juula?
He was the Arab trader and traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records. Who was Ibn Batuta?
This was the name for the African professional oral historians and story tellers who were often advisors to the kings of the Mali Empire. Who were the griots?
He was called the “ Lion Prince” and created a unified state that became the Mali Empire and died around 1260. Who was Sundiata?
He was the ruler of the Mali Empire who on his haj to Mecca brought so much gold with him that he caused inflation throughout the Mediterranean world and into western Europe. Who was Mansa Kankan Musa?
He was the Songhay ruler who extended its boundaries in the 16th century to dominate the central Sudan. Who was Muhammad the Great?
This was the Arabic term for the east African coast. What was Zenj?
This is the shift from a population model of high birth rate and early death rate to one of low birth rate and a much longer life span. What is the demographic transition or demographic transition model?