Ch 11 - Africa Flashcards
Sahara
A huge desert across most of North Africa
Savanna
Area of grassland with scattered trees
Oral history
Accounts of the past passed down by word of mouth
Clan
Group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor
Migration
Movement from one country to to settle in another
Bantu
Large group of central and southern Africans who speak related languages
Sub Sahara
Area under the Sahara
Why do we know little about the subsaharan desert
The sagar blocked Europeans from going more south so we know little
Property and possessions were passed down on the
Mothers side
What happened when Bantu moved to areas with people in them
They either kicked them out or moved in with them and their cultures mixed
What skills did Bantu carry with them?
Knowledge of metalwork with iron tools for farming and hunting
Mansa musa
King of Mali in 1300s
Mali
Rich kingdom of the west African savanna
Ghana
The first west african kingdom based on the gold and salt trade
Songhai
A powerful kingdom of the west african savanna
Ile-ife
Capitol of kingdom of the west african rain forest
Benin
A kingdom of the west african rain forest
Important river in Mali
Niger River
Mali got rich by
Taxing all the traders who traded on the Niger River
Giana’s Capitol
Kumbi saleh, divided into two cities, a trading city and a royal city
Sundiata
Leader who united Mali in 1230 so it could take over salt and gold trade
Mansa musa went
On a pilgrimage to Mecca because he was Islam and brought all his slaves and gold
Rich city in Songhai
Timbouctou
Songhai fell to
Morocco because they had guns and cannons
Leaders on ile ife
Onis
Leaders on Benin
Obas
We know little about ile Ife and Benin because
Located on top of earlier city
Thickly forested
Stuff that survived from ile ife and Benin
Sculptures of onis and obas
Kilwa
One of the trading cities on east Africa coast
Aksum
Important East African center of trade located inland
City state
A city that is also an independent state
Swahili
Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along East African coast
Great Zimbabwe
Powerful southeastern african city
Aksum controlled the trading of the
Red Sea
Main good traded at Aksum
Ivory(elephant tusk)
King ezana
King of Aksum, converted to Christianity, made Aksum Christian
Aksum declined because
Muslims fought to get trading of the Red Sea and won, Aksum loses power
Aksum located in present day
Ethiopia
Aksum surrounded by ? So had little contact with ? And
Mountains, European Christians and developed own version of Christianity
King lalibela
King of Aksum, built churches into the ground
Swahili was developed in ? Because
Kilwa, backseat they are trading with Arabs and adopt some of their language
Kilwa used the ? From great Zimbabwe to trade
Gold
Zimbabwe might have fallen because
The trade routes may have moved away to favor some one else or the farmers worn out all the soil
