AF Module 2:3 Flashcards

1
Q

Senegalese language

A

Wolof, Serer, Pulaar

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Senegambia

A

Entrepot for caravan and Islamic contact
Stateless societies, age grade systems

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Crops

A

besides the obvious millet, sorghum, yams

village staples: plantains, beans, bananas, fish, oysters, small animals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Benin

A
  • Forest Kingdom (15/16th-19th centuries)
  • The Oba brought stability and became spiritual leader (Ewuare– great warrior Oba)
  • Fell to the British in the Imperialistic seizure of Africa
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Songhai

A
  • Dominated Western-central Sudan
  • Capital Gao
  • Rice (by slaves)
  • Met their ends with the Moroccan Sultanate who wanted more of the trans-Saharan. defeated at tandibi.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Benin Trade

A

Traded pepper, ivory with Dutch and Portuguese

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Taghaza

A

Settlement in WA, salt mining center

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Songhai problems

A
  • Islamic oficials alienated the king from his own people (the religion never really caught on with them)
  • Warring peoples (Tuaregs, Mandinka, Fulani)
  • No proper way of transferring power
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Kanem Bornu

A

Under Idris Alooma, subdued weaker kingdoms and rose to power
Perpetuated Feudalism

Shipped eunuchs and young girls to NA for horses and firearms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Hausaland

A

Traded slaves and kola nuts with NA communities
Kano & Katsina - trade and Muslim intellectual centers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Jenne

A

Islam changed the trading city so much, it became a great market of the Muslims

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly