| A | B |
|---|
| Bantu Migrations | mass movement of Bantu-speaking people from central Africa throughout the southern part of the continent |
| Shona | Bantu-speaking people who established a powerful empire in southern Africa |
| Great Enclosure | section of Great Zimbabwe that was believed to be the residence of kings and queens |
| Mbanza | Capital of the Kongo Kingdom |
| Swahili | Bantu lanuage that borrowed numerous words from Arabic |
| Great Zimbabwe | largest and most significant settlement of the Shona empire |
| Kongo | kingdom established by the Kongo people along the western coast of Africa |
| Afonso I | Kongo ruler who brought many European wasy to his kingdom from 1506-1543. |
| Mutapa | an ancient kingdom in what is now the country of Zimbabwe, founded by Mutota |
| Shona | Bantu-speaking people who settled in the Limpopo River valley |
| Kilwa | an ancient city-state on the eastern coast of Africa. |
