chap 7 Flashcards
Highlands, cool and fertile
south africa
Kushite capital and major iron producer
meroe
Great Rift Valley
east africa
Muslims from N. Africa who attacked Ghana
almoravids`
Invaded Mali from the north
berbers
Rainforest, near the equator
central africa
King who made famous pilgrimage to Mecca
mansu musa
Region with Niger & Zaire Rivers
west africa
First Axum king to convert to Christianity
ezana
Contains Sahara Desert
north
by 330 ad, the reigion in axum was predominantly
christian
large plateau with savannas south of the sahara desert
sahel
in 1500 bce, the kush were taken over by the
egyptians
kush king that took over the egyptians and ruled both kingdoms from napata
piankhi
kingdom alon the red sea that invaded the kush around 500 bce
axum
culture that used iron tools to increase farming and fostered the bantu peoples
nok
the people of the bantu migration followed which type of regular migration pattern
none specific
jobs that are assigned to specific age groups of males & females are called
age sets
richest kingdom in africa due to gold nd salt deposits in its territory
ghana
king askia muhammad was overthrown by
his son
most important thing to be brought into africa by muslim traders
writing
most large trade communities along the middle/south east african coast were
city states
king mansa musa is most famous for his pilgrimage to
mecca
which religion replaced christianity in north africa in the late 600’s
islam
which of the following was an important trading item in west africa
salt
what does the term “bantu” refer to?
a language
the city-states of kiwl, mombasa, and malindi were located along which coast
east
the kingdom of kaeanga built a series of fortresses, the largest was known as the
great zimbabwe
_____ easily invaded and took over Egypt with iron weapons
assyrians
Most Bantu tribes followed their family tree though _____ lines
matrilineal
kush became wealthy due to their nautral resource of
iron
in 1589 the moroccans attacked the major trade centers of the songhai kingdom by using
gunpowder weapons
by 900 ad, arab and ______ merchants
persian
process of exchanging ideas, ways of life, and technology is known as cultural
diffusion
______ was a way to initiate a youth during the coming of age ceremony of many tribes
scarification
a new group of traders from _____ arrived at the east coast to fight for the control of trade in the 1400’s
europe
because of warfare/slavery, the lack of a _____ made the retention of knowledge difficult
written language
map:
- Ghana
- Axum
- Egypt,
- Kush
Why did Asika Muhammed become a king and why was he important (what did he do)?
sunni ali was on the thrown and after he died his son followed him. His son was not muslim so the people kicked him off the throwna nd replaced him with Askia Muhammed. Askia split the empire of Songhai into five provinces each with a governor, tax collector, and court of judges. Askia was overthrown by his son.
