Ch3 Test Flashcards
What is the Savannah?
A flat grassland in Africa
A Clan is ______?
where they include everyone who could trace his ancestry to a common relative
A Tribe is _______?
where two or more Africans clans live together and sharing a common language , belief, and customs
What is Swahili
it is a common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa
The Greeks gave Aksum and all the territory below it what name?
Ethiopia
Ho is frumentius
He was a slave ho rose in favor with the king and introduce Coptic Christianity to the people
Who was Musa?
The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca
Suni Ali struggled to maintain this city
Timbuktu
What is a name for Western Africa that derives from the gold trade that occurred at its coast
Gold Coast
What is Zimbabwe
The city of great Zimbabwe was established on the Zimbabwe plateau near the sabi river
Kilwa is known as __________?
One of the finest and most substantially built towns
River that borders Zimbabwe’s empire?
Zambezi River
The supreme Being of the Kikuyu people is _________?
Magi
“One of the finest and most substantially built towns”
Kilwa
Common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa is __________
Swahili
The title of the king of Mali; it means ruler?
Mansa
Who founded the kingdom of Mali?
Sunjata
Modern town on Somalia’s eastern coast.
Mogadishu
Ethiopian king who became a Coptic Christian.
Ezana
Kilwa engaged in jihad against what people?
Zinji
The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca?
Musa
Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?
Islam
Major businesses in eastern Africa centered around what three commodities?
Ivory
Precious stone
Slaves
What has been the imperial title of the Ethiopian rulers?
“The conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah”
Coptic Christians regarded Menelik is considered the offspring of ______ ?
Solomon
Maze is a bother name for
Corn
What large body of water is located to the north of the content of Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Swahili is composed of words from what 3 different languages
Bantue,English,Arabic
What is the Sahara
It is a desert that covers most of North Africa
Name 2 rivers located in east Africa
Zambezi river and Limpopo river
What is the Common name for camels ?
Ships in the desert
Speakers of the Bantu language live along the coast of what body of water
Indian Ocean
True or False:
The Sahel is a large strip of land between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea
False
True or False:
In Africa live stocks served as a sine of wealth and prosperity
True
True or False:
An African colter the family was the most important element of traditional African culture
True
True or False:
Most African regions did not promote belief in a supreme being
False
True or False:
Several unusual churches at Lalibela were made by carving into rock at ground level.
True
True or False:
Timbuktu never developed a large population.
False
True or False:
The empire Of Dona became prosperous partly because of its gold and felt trading.
True
True or False:
African empire built advanced cities during Europes dark ages.
True
True or False:
Arabic became widely adopted in Northern Africa due to the spread of Islam.
True
What material did African’s forage into tools and use as a form of money?
Iron
The kingdom of Kush was located on the Nile River between Egypt and _________?
Ethiopia
West African’s were among the first to use what animal for desert travel?
Camel
What large city was built near the Sabi river and means “great house of stone”.
Zimbabwe
Name two west African trading items
Iron
Gold
Cotton cloth
Spices
The abundance of gold mined on the coast of west Africa near the Gulf of Guine lead the Europeans to refer to this area as the ________?
Gold Coast
The Muslims of Kilwa engaged in what against the people?
Jihad
