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African Empires
12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Almoravids | Pious Muslims of North Africa who started a campaign to spread their from of Islam and eventually overwhelmed Ghana but could not maintain control of it |
| Sundiata | The survivor who crushed enemies, won control of gold-salt trade routes, and founded the empire of Mali |
| Sonni Ali | Soldier-King of Songhai who used his army to forge the largest state that had ever existed in West Africa, did not follow Islam |
| Askia Muhammad | Set up Muslim dynasty and further expanded the territory of Songhai, set up good government, and made a pilgrimage to Mecca that increased ties with Muslim world |
| Amina | Hausa ruler who was a woman and conquered Kano and expanded the boundary of Zaria as far as the Niger River |
| Surplus | Excess |
| Commodity | Valuable product |
| Mansa | King |
| Oba | King |
| How did the gold-salt trade develop between West Africa and North Africa? | There was a surplus of gold and slat in certain regions so they would trade back and forth because they were both valuable products |
| How did Mansa Musa, Sonni Ali, and Askia Muhammad change their kingdoms? | Both continued on expansion of the leader before them creating enormous empires |
| What were the achievements of the Hausa city-states? | Many clay-walled cities, good trade, and written language, conquered |
| What were the achievements of the Kingdom of Benin? | Lots of power, good arts and architecture |
| Taharqa | King in charge of buildings |
| Bantu | Migration route |
| Piankhi | Nubian King who conquered Egypt |
| Meroe | Nubian capital |
| St. Augustine | Most influential Christian thinkiner of the late Roman empire |
| Savanna | Grassy plain |
| Desertification | As the land becomes more parched the desert spreads |
| Outpost | Distant military station |
| What geographic barriers hindered movement in Africa? | Size, cataracts, and harsh terrain |
| Two examples of migration in Africa | The changing Sahara and the Bantu migrations |
| How did Nubia prosper? | Natural resources |
| How did the growth of the Roman empire and the spread of Islam affect North Africa? | Changed religion and added new water ways as well as changing language |
| What effects did desertification have on African peoples? | Destroyed farm land and forced migrations |
| How might life in the United States today be affected if well wanted areas began to turn to desert? | Social changes would be made and also places would be a lot more crowded because everyone would be in one spot because we would run out of land |
| The link between geography and the introduction of camel caravans | Revolutionized trade |
| What built civilizations? | Cities, job specialization, organized government, social classes, public works, writing, and the arts |
| Queen of Sheba | Makeda who spent six moths at Solomon's court gathering knowledge for her people |
| Ezana | King of Axum who conquered and absorbed the ancient Nile kingdom of Numbia, converted to Christianity |
| Geez | Written and unique language |
| Lalibela | King of Axum and during his reign Chrsitian monks built many churches into mountains |
| Falasha | Ethiopian Jews who survived in the mountains of Ethiopia until event years when they were evacuated to Israel during a time of famine |
| Swahili | Language formed off of the blend of cultures which fused many arabic words onto a Bantu base and was written in Arabic script |
| Great Zimbabwe | Empire that was a big part of trade network, but little is known about it, they also manufactured and were ruled by a god-king |
| What religious traditions came together in Ethiopia? | Adapted East African drum music and dances for church services |
| Why did Axum become a key trading center for three continents? | It had a strategic location of its two main cities which connected Africa to India through the Arabian Sea and Mediterranean |
| How did trade encourage a blending of cultures in East African city-states such as Kilwa, Mombasa, and Mogadishnu? | Marriages started intertwining, and the more people interacted through trade the more they learned and borrowed from other cultures |
| What evidence suggested that Great Zimbabwe was a center of trade? | They have found beads from India and porcelain from China |
| What do historians think were the reasons that Great Zimbabwe declined? | Over farming, Civil war, dwindling trade, failed to grow technology wise |
| Khoisan People | People who adapted to the harsh conditions of the Kalahari Desert by gathering roots and herbs and small hunting game |
| Kongo | Kingdom that consisted of many villages grouped into districts and provinces with officials at each point appointed by King (Limited Power) |
| Slash-and-Burn Agriculture | When forest and brush land are cleared with iron axes and hoes, then the remains are burned and the ash is used as fertilizer |
| Nuclear Family | Typical family with parents and children living and working together as a unit |
| Patrilineal | Important kinship and inheritance were passed through the father's side |
| Matrilineal | Important kinship and inheritance passed through the mother's side |
| Lineage | Group of households who claimed a common ancestor |
| Griot | Professional poets |
| List three examples of how the environment influences African societies? | Little grass so herders could only live in a few places, hard to farm and gather |
| What types of institutions and traditions held African societies together? | Art and literature |
| How was art connected to religion in African culture? | Statues and objects were used in religious ceremonies |
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caroline_cole