| A | B |
|---|
| Bantu | a language still spoken by 100 million people |
| fertile farm land | major reason for migrations in Africa |
| Mansa Masa | ruler of Mali who traveled to Mecca |
| Mecca | holy city for Muslims |
| pilgrimage | a religious journey |
| salt | a mineral that is not found in West Africa |
| gold | a mineral that West Africa has in abundance |
| Songhai | the last great African kingdom |
| Nubia | ancient African kingdom sometimes called Kush |
| Axum | ancient African kingdom located in what is now Eritrea/Djibouti |
| Ghana | first of the great West African kingdoms |
| Islam | religion practiced by many West/North Africans |
| Olduvai Gorge | located in Tanzania |
| Mary & Louis Leakey | found 2 million yr old human bones |
| Kush | fought w/Egypt to control the Nile |
| Timbuktu | great city of learning |
| guns | tool that brought down Songhai |
| Morocco | kingdom that conquered Songhai |
| looking for natural resources | why Europeans explored Africa |
| imperialism | another word for colonialism |
| nationalism | feelings of pride in one's country; sometimes called patriotism |
| roads, bridges, railroads | things Europeans brought to Africa |
| made Africans dependent on Europe | negative effect of colonialism |
| colonialism | unequal relationship between territories based on domination |
