Maize is another name for what crop?

What natural product in Africa was mined and developed independently of other countries?

This body of water is located north of Africa:

Large area of flat grasslands:

The Sahel is the wide strip of land between the Sahara and what other region?

What things served as signs of wealth in ancient Africa?

Supreme being of the Kikuyu people:

What is the belief that spirits live in objects in nature, including air?

The name of the clan that believed in one god:

What kingdom was located on the Nile River between Egypt and Ethiopia?

What name did the Greeks give to Aksum and all the territories south of it?

Coptic Christians regard Menelik is the offspring of what king?

What has been the imperial title of Ethiopian rulers?

Ethiopian legend states that the cathedral at Aksum contained what Christian artifact?

Who introduced Coptic Christianity to Ethiopia?

In what village were several churches carved out of rock underground?

What was unusual about the churches at Lalibela?

Lalibela is the destination of pilgrims of what religion?

A name commonly used to describe camels:

Nubia's military strength prevented conquests of what people from moving south into North Africa?

Followers of what religion wrote the first written history of Africa?

East African towns traded with merchants from what countries?

What river borders Zimbabwe?

A key port city of Africa through which Zimbabwe's gold was transported north; it was known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world:

Common trade language on the eastern coast of Africa:

Mali king who brought much gold to Mecca:

What city-state built near the Sabi river has a name that means great house of stone? The Great Enclosure was built there. It was an important center of trade, even though it was not on the coast.

Speakers of the Bantu language lived along the coast of what body of water?

Modified True/False: Muslims conquered Egypt during the 1200s.

Leading city of the African kingdom of Mali; located near the Niger River; home of Mansa Musa

African empires built advanced cities around the same time as what period of history in Europe?

Africans grew yams in what geographical region?

What religion did the rulers of Ghana eventually adopt by the eleventh century?

What material did Africans forge into tools and use as a form of money?

Empire that traded with places as far away as China and India:

Another name Europeans had for the Ivory Coast due to the abundance of a valuable natural resource:

The three early empires of West Africa in chronological order:

What was the name of the city where the Great Enclosure was built?