WHII.7 - Empires of Africa

Little rainfall, Northern Africa:

• Gobi Desert

• Death Valley

• Sahara Desert

• Antarctic Desert

Vital for empires such as Mali and Songhai -

• Sahara Desert

• Congo River

• Niger River

• Cape of Good Hope

3rd Longest river in Africa, used for fishing and agriculture

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Congo River

Deepest river in the world; used for transportation with an extensive network of tributaries --

• Congo River

• Amazon River

• Nile River

• Niger River

Birthplace of coffee --

• Ethiopia

• Eritrea

• Djibouti

• Somalia

Location of present day Somalia, Ethiopia --

• Horn of Africa

• Cape of Good Hope

• West Africa

• South Africa

Point where the Atlantic connects to the Indian --

• Horn of Africa

• Cape of Good Hope

• Niger River Valley

• Nile River watershed

Country credited as the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope --

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

Cultural trade center of Africa --

• Niger River

• Timbuktu

• Djibouti

• Congo River

Heavily militaristic African Empire --

• Songhai

• Asante

• Ghana

• Mali