Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
TeamSpence Africa
TeamSpence African Kingdoms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Language spoken south of the equator across Africa by 1000 C.E. | Bantu |
| 3 groups from far away that established lives in Africa | Kushite, Sudaneese, and Mande |
| Year when Bantu Migrations were complete | 1000 C.E. |
| Early principal result of Bantu migration | Spreading Agriculture |
| Iron Metallurgy possessed by Bantu by ____. | 500 B.C.E |
| During the first centuries C.E. the staple food crops were_________. | Yams, Sorghum, and Millet |
| First people to adopt cattle raising | Khoi people |
| First cultivated in South East Asia and made its way to Africa across Indian Ocean sea lanes | BANANAS |
| Island nation where Bananas were first cultivated, between 300 and 500 c.e | Madagascar |
| Language of Madagascar | Malagasy |
| Provided nutritious supplements to Bantu diets | Bananas |
| True or False: Instead of mirgrating in search of new lands to cultivate, African peoples developed increasingly complex forms of Government to organize their existing societies. | True |
| Type of society referring to one form of social organization widely prevalent in Africa during or after migrations. | Stateless or Segmentary Society |
| True of False: Africans relied on a hierarchy of officials to rule their states | False: While Stateless society seems to refer to African civilization having no government, It actually refers to the fact that they did not rely on a hierarchy of officials or a bureaucracy, but through family and kinship groups |
| Name of groups that ruled Africa | kinship groups (kin-based societies) |
| Average number of people per village | 100 |
| By 19th century the ___________, numbering in almost a million, conducted affairs through a kin based society. | Tiv people of Nigeria |
| what encouraged the development of more formal structures of government | military organization |
| First 2 major kingdoms to rise in West Africa | Ife and Benin |
| Zaire River is also known as___________ | Congo River |
| Most Prominent Congolese States, most centralized | Kingdom of Kongo |
| Popular trade items of Kingdom of Kongo | Copper, raffia cloth, and nzimbu shells |
| Kingdom of Kongo is located in present day | Angola and Republic of the Congo |
| Describe the Central Goverment of Kingdom of Kongo | King and officials who were head of the military, judicial, and financial affairs |
| How was the Kingdom of Kongo administered | set up into 6 provinces administered by subordinate officials or chiefs |
| How did Islam arrive into Africa (2 ways) | 1. went west by Trans-Saharan camel caravans 2.went east by Indian sea lanes |
| Animal that quickened the pace of communication and transportation across the Sahara | Camel |
| Terminus of caravan routes across that Sahara that offered access to the Niger River Valley | Gao |
| Situated between Senegal and Niger Rivers, it was the principal state of west Africa at the time of the Muslims arrival. | Kingdom of Ghana |
| Ghana became the commercial site for Western Saharan Trade and was main trade center for ____________ | Gold |
| Why was gold in high demand | because of surging trade and and economic development throughout the eastern hemisphere |
| Headwaters of the NIger, Gambia, and Senegal rivers contained the worlds largest supply of what? | Gold |
| Powerful economic capital of Kingdom of Ghana | Koumbi-Saleh |
| Famous Spanish-Muslim trader of the 12th Century | Al-Bakri |
| Qadi | Islamic Judges |
| How was the King of Ghana's army financed | through taxes levied on trade passing through Ghana |
| The King of Ghana had converted to Islam by the ________ | 10th century |
| Powerful West african Kingdom who forced Islam on all of its society | Kingdom of Takrur |
| True or False: The Kings of Ghana forced Islam among its conquered Peoples | False: unlike the Kingdom of Takrur, the Kingdom of Ghana was religiously tolerant |
| The kingdom of Ghana collapsed in which century? | Early 13th century. Due to its expansion it became more vulnerable to attacks and eventually collapsed after several raids |
| Founder of the Mali Empire | Sundiata |
| Sundiata was also know as ? | The Lion Prince |
| How did Sundiata establish the Mali Empire? | He was exiled but made many strong alliances, gained a reputation for his strong courage in battle and assembled a large army that dominated west Africa |
| Original capital of the Mali Empire | Niani |
| Religion of Mali Empire | Islam |
| True or Flase: The Mali Empire spread Islam on a voluntarily basis | True, Malian Kings did not force Islam upon their subjects |
| Sundiata's grand nephew, who ruled during The high point of the Mali Empire | Mansa Musa |
| Mansa Musa observed traditional Islamic Religion by | Making a hajj to Mecca |
| Mansa Musa made his hajj to Mecca from ________ | 1324-1325 |
| How did Mansa Musa transform the Mali Empire into a more Islamic Empire | By sending students to become Islamic scholars in North Africa, building Mosques and Islamic Schools |
| Swahili is a term meaning | Coasters, Refers to those who trade along the east coast |
| The Swahili dominated | East African Coast--Mogadishu in the north to Kilwa, the Comoro Islands, and Sofala in the south |
| Describe the language of Swahili | Bantu language mixed with words and ideas of Arabic |
| Swahili exports | Gold, slaves, ivory, tortoise shells, leopard skins |
| Swahili imports | Pottery, glass and textile |
| Swahili lands where ruled by | Various city states |
| One the main and busiest city states of of all the the Swahili city states | Kilwa |
| How did Kilwans facilitate trade? | Created standardized copper coins |
| The term Zimbabwe refers to | Simply to the dwelling of a chief |
| by the ninth century, chiefs had begun to build their Zimbabwe out of | Stone |
| True or false: The Kilwa always relied mostly on agriculture and engaged in mass amounts of trade in gold and exotic items | False, during the majoirty of the Kilwa rule, they relied mostly on fishing and engaged in little to no trading, not until the end when they became reliant on agriculture |
| True or false, Zimbabwe was a organized and complex society | True, based on their immense knowledge of stonework and the ability to invest in large scale building projects |
| Name the magnificent stone city built by the Zimbabweans near Nyanda | Great Zimbabwe |
| Common commodity items during the Zimbabwean Emire include | Gold, Ivory, and Slaves |
| The combination of beliefs, such as Islam and Animism | syncretic blend |
| True or false, Indian traders brought the idea of the caste system into Africa, where it spread as far as Mali and became an established part of African life | False, while the idea of A caste system was not present, African cities still had complex social structures including ruling elites, military nobles, administrative officials, religious officials, wealthy merchants, artisans, farmers, and slaves |
| How was a persons job determined in Africa | kinship groups |
| True or False, private property was a large part of sub-Saharan politics | False, communities claimed rights to all land and used it in common |
| Which occupation typically served as community leaders | Blacksmiths |
| True or False, Women enjoyed honor as the source of life | True, women in Sub-Saharan African had more opportunities open to them than did other places |
| True or Flase, Women engaged in combat and formed all-female military units | True |
| True or Flase, Islam deeply influenced the customs of most Africans | False, mainly because it wasn't to several hundred years after its introduction that Islam became popular, so much of its traditions had been filtered out |
| True or Flase, It was okay for Islamic African women to not be veiled | True, many Islamic customs did not become as popular in Africa as much of the Middle East |
| Members of ______ _______ performed tasks appropriate for their age level and closely bonded with others in their group creating close bonds | Age Grades |
| Suspected witches and debtors became | Slaves |
| Who were the first people to use Africans as Slaves | Muslims |
| How were slaves collected in Africa | Larger African city states and kingdoms conquered small kinship groups and captured it's people and sold them to merchants from all over Europe and Asia |
| Term referring to black slaves of the Swahili coast | Zanj |
| Revolt in where African slaves in Mesopotamia who worked on sugar plantations under harsh conditions | Zanj Revolt |
| A rebel slave during the Zanj Revolt who organized 15,000 slaves in to a force that eventually captured Basra and created a rebel state | Ali bin Muhammad |
| African religions Were very diverse but all included a | Male creator god |
| What was it believed the creator god did | Responsible for setting the world in motion and providing it with order |
| What did lesser gods represent | Sun, wind, rain, trees, rivers, and other natural features |
| What did Chinese and African religion have in common | They both beloved in the intervention of ancestors in their present lives |
| What did African rituals include | Honoring deities, spirits, and ancestors to win their favor and goodwill by way of prayer, animal sacrifice, and ceremonies representing stages of life |
| What power did Africans believed their religious leaders had | To serve as a mediator between the human world and the gods |
| African religious leaders | Diviners |
| Who did diviners seek for help with problems in their society such as drought | Oracles |
| Religion where plants, rocks, and other natural features are believed to posses individual spirits | Animism |
| Two religions of salvation that became popular in Africa | Christianity and Islam |
| Christianity reached Egypt and Northern Africa by the ________ century | First |
| One of the most prominent Christain centers in north Africa located in Egypt | Alexandria |
| A Prominent saint from Alexandria | St. Augustine |
| African country where Christianity was est. during the middle of the fourth century and is still a predominantly Christain country today | Ethiopia |
| A Christain Ethiopian kingdom that ruled from the 12th to 16th Century | Kingdom of Axum |
| Capital of Songhai Empire | Gao |
| Religion of Songhai Empire | Islam |
| What powerful Empire did the Songhai take over | Mali |
| Founding Emperor of the Songhai | Sunni Ali |
| Songhai king who had no royal bloodline and did not hold sacred symbols needed to be king | Askia Muhammad the Great |
| What are Jullets | Merchants |
Created by:
lgschwandtner
Popular World History sets