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Ch. 13 History Notes
Term | Definition |
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Benin | an empire in the rain forest. |
camels | "ships of the desert." |
jazz | developed from African music. |
plateau | area of high flat land. |
plantations | huge farms that grew a crop for sale. |
Swahili | refers to the culture and language of East Africa. |
clan | group of people that descended from the same ancestor. |
griot | storyteller |
matrilineal | refers to a group that traces descent through mothers rather than fathers. |
Islam | spread from Arabia to Africa in the A.D. 600s. |
death road | a trade route connecting western Africa to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. |
National Honor of the Trousers | reward given to heroic soldiers of Mali. |
Queen Nzinga | promised all enslaved Africans freedom in her kingdom. |
Ghana | grew wealthy from the salt and gold trade. |
Songhai Empire | largest empire in West Africa in the 1500s. |
African Diaspora | the spreading of African people and culture around the world by enslaved Africans. |
Nile | Africa's longest river. |
Bantu | fishing groups that migrated throughout Africa around 3000 B.C. |
Axum | a city-state in Ethiopia. |
Mansa Musa | journeyed to Mecca in 1324. |
What is Africa’s longest river? | Nile River. |
Why did Hans Vischer come up with the name “death road” for the trade route? | it crossed 1,500 miles of the Sahara. |
Why did Ghana grow powerful. | it taxed traders and had a big army. |
What religion did King Ezana of Axum bring to Africa? | Christianity. |
Who did Sundiata of Mali put in charge of provinces? | generals. |
Did Mansa Musa of Mali allow different religions? | yes. |
Who was Sundiata Keita? | a great warrior king who seized Ghana. |
How were children educated in medieval West Africa? | oral histories and proverbs. |
What major crop did the Portuguese produce using slaves from Africa? | sugarcane. |
Songs sung by enslaved Africans connected them to their | homeland. |