Chapter 3 Key terms Flashcards
1
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What is a Caliph?
A
A Caliph is a Islamic title designated to a spiritual and secular leader.
2
Q
What was a Dhow?⛵
A
A ship made of coconut-wood planks seen together with coconut fiber and equipped with lateen sails.
3
Q
What was the Slave Coast?
A
It was a section of African Coast along the Bight of Benin, centered on the port city of Whydah and a major source of African people sold into slavery.
4
Q
What’s Sudanic? 🏜️
A
Sudanic is a term describing the region of West Africa south of the Sahara Desert
5
Q
What is the Swahili? 📝
A
A language that combined the grammar of African Bantu with Arabic vocabulary, and is spoken in East Africa.
6
Q
What was a Lateen sail? ⛵
A
A triangular shaped sail that allows a boat to sail both with and into the wind.
