Ch. 11

Question 0

Sundiata

Answer 0

A boy regarded as too weak to pose a threat. Crushed his enemies

Question 1

Nubia

Answer 1

Ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa, also called kush

Question 2

King lalibela

Answer 2

Came to power in Ethiopia in 1200’s. Directed the building of eleven remarkable churches which were carved from ground level down into solid rock

Question 3

Cataract

Answer 3

Waterfalls

Question 4

Nuclear family

Answer 4

Parents and children living and working together as a unit

Question 5

Songhai

Answer 5

Medieval west African kingdom located in present-day Mali, Niger, and Nigeria

Question 6

Surplus

Answer 6

More than needed

Question 7

Lineage

Answer 7

A group of households who claimed a common ancestor

Question 8

Swahili

Answer 8

East African culture that emerged about 1000 A.D.; also a Bantu-based language, blending Arabic word and written in Arabic script

Question 9

Savanna

Answer 9

Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall

Question 10

What effect did camels have on trade

Answer 10

Trade greatly expanded. Camels could travel farther without stopping and could carry heavy loads

Question 11

Why what’s mereö a successful capital

Answer 11

Mereö’s location and resources such as iron ore produced iron tools and weaponry

Question 12

What was the dominant language if Islam

Answer 12

Arabic

Question 13

What kingdom was built on salt and gold taxation

Answer 13

Ghana

Question 14

Who went on a hajj and came back to build a university in Timbuktu

Answer 14

Mansa Musa

Question 15

What did the people of Ife teach the people of Benin

Answer 15

How to cast bronze and brass

Question 16

The book called “Glory of Kings”

Answer 16

Belief that the kings if Ethiopia claimed descent from the Israelite king Solomon and the queen of Sheba.

Question 17

What evidence was there that the people of great Zimbabwe traded with people from china

Answer 17

Archaeologists have found beads from India and porcelain from china

Question 18

What was special about the kings of Kongo

Answer 18

Why could only call upon men to fight in times of need

Question 19

Why was great Zimbabwe successful

Answer 19

Bantu-speaking people settled in the region. They brought iron, mining methods, and improved farming skills

Question 20

How did scholars trace Bantu migrations

Answer 20

Language patterns

Question 21

Desertification

Answer 21

Spreading of deserts. Forced people to migrate to new areas to maintain their way of life

Question 22

What was Nubian culture influenced by

Answer 22

Their rival, Egypt. Both wanted to control trade and Egypt took control of Nubia. Nubia adapted many Egyptian traditions

Question 23

What is the major reason Romans conquered North Africa

Answer 23

They built roads, dams, aqueducts and farmlands to feed the Roman Empire. North Africa also provided soldiers for the roman army

Question 24

Why wear African merchants paid high prices for salt

Answer 24

People needed salt in their diets especially is hot areas. It was used for food preservation. Salt was scarce expect to the Sahara which had an abundance

Question 25

Ghana

Answer 25

The land of gold

Question 26

Kumbi Saleh

Answer 26

The capital of Ghana. Made up of two separate walled towns.

Question 27

What did Soni Ali do to strengthen Songhai

Answer 27

Brought trade routes and wealthy cities under his control. He did not adopt Islam but instead followed traditional religious beliefs

Question 28

What was the rainforest kingdom

Answer 28

Benin

Question 29

What African kingdom had female rulers

Answer 29

Hausa

Question 30

Geez

Answer 30

A unique written and spoken language formed from the merging of cultures

Question 31

Lalibelas houses of worship

Answer 31

Building if eleven churches which were built from ground level downward into the solid rock of the mountains

Question 32

Theory of decline of Great Zimbabwe

Answer 32

The population had grown too great. Civil war and dwindling trade also may have brought decline

Question 33

what caused medieval Africans to have strong ties between siblings

Answer 33

Matrilineal cultures

Question 34

Small societies in Africa

Answer 34

Shared power among a number of people rather than a single leader

Question 35

Compare mansa Musa and askia Mohammed

Answer 35

They both expanded their borders, promote religious freedom, and both made a pilgrimage to Mecca