chap 7

Question 1

Highlands, cool and fertile

Answer 1

south africa

Question 2

Kushite capital and major iron producer

Answer 2

meroe

Question 3

Great Rift Valley

Answer 3

east africa

Question 4

Muslims from N. Africa who attacked Ghana

Answer 4

almoravids`

Question 5

Invaded Mali from the north

Answer 5

berbers

Question 6

Rainforest, near the equator

Answer 6

central africa

Question 7

King who made famous pilgrimage to Mecca

Answer 7

mansu musa

Question 8

Region with Niger & Zaire Rivers

Answer 8

west africa

Question 9

First Axum king to convert to Christianity

Answer 9

ezana

Question 10

Contains Sahara Desert

Answer 10

north

Question 11

by 330 ad, the reigion in axum was predominantly

Answer 11

christian

Question 12

large plateau with savannas south of the sahara desert

Answer 12

sahel

Question 13

in 1500 bce, the kush were taken over by the

Answer 13

egyptians

Question 14

kush king that took over the egyptians and ruled both kingdoms from napata

Answer 14

piankhi

Question 15

kingdom alon the red sea that invaded the kush around 500 bce

Answer 15

axum

Question 16

culture that used iron tools to increase farming and fostered the bantu peoples

Answer 16

nok

Question 17

the people of the bantu migration followed which type of regular migration pattern

Answer 17

none specific

Question 18

jobs that are assigned to specific age groups of males & females are called

Answer 18

age sets

Question 19

richest kingdom in africa due to gold nd salt deposits in its territory

Answer 19

ghana

Question 20

king askia muhammad was overthrown by

Answer 20

his son

Question 21

most important thing to be brought into africa by muslim traders

Answer 21

writing

Question 22

most large trade communities along the middle/south east african coast were

Answer 22

city states

Question 23

king mansa musa is most famous for his pilgrimage to

Answer 23

mecca

Question 24

which religion replaced christianity in north africa in the late 600’s

Answer 24

islam

Question 25

which of the following was an important trading item in west africa

Answer 25

salt

Question 26

what does the term “bantu” refer to?

Answer 26

a language

Question 27

the city-states of kiwl, mombasa, and malindi were located along which coast

Answer 27

east

Question 28

the kingdom of kaeanga built a series of fortresses, the largest was known as the

Answer 28

great zimbabwe

Question 29

_____ easily invaded and took over Egypt with iron weapons

Answer 29

assyrians

Question 30

Most Bantu tribes followed their family tree though _____ lines

Answer 30

matrilineal

Question 31

kush became wealthy due to their nautral resource of

Answer 31

iron

Question 32

in 1589 the moroccans attacked the major trade centers of the songhai kingdom by using

Answer 32

gunpowder weapons

Question 33

by 900 ad, arab and ______ merchants

Answer 33

persian

Question 34

process of exchanging ideas, ways of life, and technology is known as cultural

Answer 34

diffusion

Question 35

______ was a way to initiate a youth during the coming of age ceremony of many tribes

Answer 35

scarification

Question 36

a new group of traders from _____ arrived at the east coast to fight for the control of trade in the 1400’s

Answer 36

europe

Question 37

because of warfare/slavery, the lack of a _____ made the retention of knowledge difficult

Answer 37

written language

Question 38

map:

Answer 38

1. Ghana
2. Axum
3. Egypt,
4. Kush

Question 39

Why did Asika Muhammed become a king and why was he important (what did he do)?

Answer 39

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.