aa unit 1

Question 1

Diaspora

Answer 1

the spread of people from their original homeland

Question 2

Atlantic Slave Trade

Answer 2

an oceanic trade of African men, women, and children

Question 3

Sahara

Answer 3

largest desert in the world, covering almost all of North Africa

Question 4

sahel

Answer 4

Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa.

Question 5

Savanna

Answer 5

found mainly in central Africa, southern India, northern Australia and central South America

Question 6

congo river

Answer 6

located across DRC

Question 7

Orange River

Answer 7

located along South Africa

Question 8

nile river

Answer 8

along Egypt and and ethopia

Question 9

bantu

Answer 9

A major African language family. Collective name of a large group of sub-Saharan African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Famous for migrations throughout central and southern Africa.

Question 10

Bantu Migration/Bantu Expansion

Answer 10

started 4,000s years ago, left their home of west afrcia and travled to central and south

Question 11

egypt

Answer 11

easrlites
has its home along Africa’s longest river, with a detailed form of writing.

Question 12

sudnaic empires

Answer 12

large grassland region in africa that serves as the transition zone between the sahara desert in the north and the rain forests of central africa, Included Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.

Question 13

ghana

Answer 13

First known kingdom in sub-Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast. gold and salt trade.

Question 14

mali

Answer 14

Empire in West Africa that began in 1235 and thrived due to large gold deposits on its land. Home empire of Amanda Musa

Question 15

songhai

Answer 15

West African state that flourished from the 15th to the late 16th century, known for its wealth, trade, and cultural achievements. It emerged as a dominant force in the region following the decline of the Mali Empire and played a crucial role in the trans-Saharan trade routes, connecting West Africa to North Africa and beyond.

Question 16

gold salt trade

Answer 16

traders between west africa and counties boarding the medtrain sea

Question 17

Trans-Saharan Trade

Answer 17

route across the sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes, economic benefit for controlling dessert, camels played a huge role in the trading

Question 18

hajj

Answer 18

A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims

Question 19

Mansa Musa

Answer 19

Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire’s reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.

Question 20

Timbuktu

Answer 20

City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning

Question 21

groit

Answer 21

Professional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the Mali Empire

Question 22

Epic of Sundiata

Answer 22

An epic poem of the Malinke people and tells the story of the hero Sundiata Keita, the founder of the Mali Empire

Question 23

Santería/Regla de Ocha

Answer 23

Famous religious artifact also known as the triple crucifix

Question 24

Candomble

Answer 24

african disporain religion, beleifs in an all powerful god

Question 25

Great Zimbabwe

Answer 25

A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa. Have been associated with trade, farming, and mining.

Question 26

Swahili Coast

Answer 26

East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning ‘shores.’

Question 27

The Great Enclosure

Answer 27

the largest of the three main sections of the Shona settlement of Great Zimbabwe - likely a royal residence

Question 28

shona people

Answer 28

bantu ethnic group, iron work and pottery

Question 29

Swahili Coast

Answer 29

East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning ‘shores.’

Question 30

Indian Ocean trade:

Answer 30

The world’s largest sea-based system of communication and exchange before 1500 C.E., commerce stretched from southern China to eastern Africa and included not only the exchange of luxury and bulk goods but also the exchange of ideas and crops.

Question 31

Kongo

Answer 31

Basin of the Congo (Zaire) river, conglomeration of several village alliances, participated actively in trade networks, most centralized rule of the early Bantu kingdoms, royal currency: cowries, ruled 14th-17th century until undermined by Portuguese slave traders

Question 32

King Nkuwu [Joao I]:

Answer 32

ruler of kongo, converted to chrdsitanty

Question 33

Nzinga Mbemba [Afonso I]

Answer 33

ruler of kingo, adopted trade with portuguese, adopted cathlosim

Question 34

Kinship

Answer 34

the relationship of people in the same family

Question 35

Kingdom of Benin

Answer 35

historic kingdom of west africa

Question 36

Kingdom of Ndongo-Matamba

Answer 36

located in modern day angola, queen nzinga

Question 37

Guerilla Warfare

Answer 37

irregualr miltray actioncarried by small independent forces

Question 38

Queen Njinga

Answer 38

Supplied Dutch with slaves and they helped her defeat the Portuguese in the region. made her the most powerful rulers in region, changed her name to Donna Ana (felt double crossed by Dutch) and welcome Portuguese teachers back into her kingdom

Question 39

Queen Idia

Answer 39

Queen of the Edo people from -504-1550. Played a role in the Idah war, which was a great Benin victory

Question 40

Transatlantic Slave Trade:

Answer 40

transpoted slaves to amercia