Edit Game
AAH M1L1 Ancestral Africa
 Delete

Use commas to add multiple tags

 Private  Unlisted  Public



 Save

Delimiter between question and answer:

Tips:

  • No column headers.
  • Each line maps to a question.
  • If the delimiter is used in a question, the question should be surrounded by double quotes: "My, question","My, answer"
  • The first answer in the multiple choice question must be the correct answer.

 Import questions





 Save   45  Close
Santo Domingo
the place where Dorantes and Estevan landed and began their exploration in the New World
Andrés Dorantes
the Spaniard who brought Estevan on an expedition to the New World
Estevanico
African enslaved person who went on an expedition in search of the seven cities of gold.
Lucas Vázquez de Allyón
leader of the expedition to San Miguel de Guadalape
San Miguel de Gualdape
Founded by the Spanish in 1526 in an area that is now part of Georgia, where the first slave revolt happened in the New World
Portuguese merchants
traded with the people of West Africa, bringing clothing, iron, guns, and manufactured goods and taking back gold, ivory, spices, and slaves.
Moors
Muslims of Spain
Iberian Peninsula
Peninsula in southwestern Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal
Sankore Mosque
A mosque located in Timbuktu which also contained a very important university
Askia Muhammad
Ruler of the Songhai empire from 1493 to 1528 who expanded the empire and organized its government
Gao
Capital of Songhai
Sunni Ali
First great ruler of Songhai, who established the empire
Songhai Empire
a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
salt
an important mineral that was traded by West African empires. It is needed to preserve food and replace the salt from human bodies when they sweat
Timbuktu
Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning
Hajj
A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims
Mansa Musa
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
Mansa
title of the ruler of the Mali Empire
Sundiata Keita
he founded the Mali Empire
Mandinka People
this group founded the Mali Empire
Mali Empire
Formed in 1240 when Sundiata took control of Ghana Empire. It controlled trade across Sahara, the South and the Niger River.
Islam
A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed; spread to West Africa through trade
Trans-Saharan Trade
route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, cam...
gold
One of the most important commodities traded by the ancient African empires
iron
used by ancient Western African civilizations in weapons and tools
Kumbi Saleh
The capital city in the Empireof Ghana
Ghana Empire
Soninke clans who led the empire in the 600s-800s in West Africa and traded with caravans and camels across the Sahara
Soninke people
they farmed in western africas savanna, they calles their ruler ghana (war chief)
terracotta sculpture
Nok produced detailed ones
Nok People
Were part of West Africa's earliest-known culture
Niger River
the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times
Gold Coast
Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.
Ivory Coast
a historical reference to West Africa
barley, wheat, other crops
grown by the ancient Egyptians around the Nile
Great Pyramids of Giza
Egypt, Old Kingdom (c. 2500 BCE)
pharaoh
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
Nile River
The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.
Mitochondrial Eve
The first female ancestor shared by all living humans, who was identified by analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
Great Rift Valley
area in africa where parts of the plateau's surface dropped and early human fossils are found
Denisovans
A newly discovered group of archaic Homo sapiens from southern Siberia dated to between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago.
Neanderthals
In Europe, another human species lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age.
homo sapiens
modern humans
Hominid
An early ancestor of humans
Paleolithic Era
called the old stone age (from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago); they were concerned with food supply; they used stone as well as bone tools; they wer...
Australopithecus afarensis
the earliest humanlike creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.