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December 2021 Flashcards

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What are the three climate zones located in West Africa from north to south and what are there characteristics?

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Desert (dry), Savannah (dry + wet season), and rain forest (hot and wet)

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In what climate zone did civilizations develop?

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In the savannah, also called “sahel”

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What river made West African empires possible?

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the Niger river

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Why didn’t civilizations in West and South Africa share ideas and goods?

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Without north/south travel, they had no communication

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On what was the social and political structure of West African society based?

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clans - descended from a common ancestor and kinship family

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How was information passed on in pre-Islamic Africa and by whom?

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By “oral tradition” storytellers called “griots”

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What technology led to the rise of civilization in West Africa?

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Iron working

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What item attracted Mediterranean people to West Africa?

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Gold

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Across what natural boundary did they travel and how could they manage it?

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The Sahara, and camels allowed them to cross it in caravans.

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What were the three empires of West Africa in order of date and size?

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Ghana, Mali, Songhai

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What item did West Africans need that was worth its weight in gold?

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Salt

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What was located at Taghaza and why would it have been such a terrible place to work?

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Salt mines operated by slave labor and dependent on caravans for food and water

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What system did the Wangarans use to keep the source of gold a secret?

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Silent barter (silent trade)

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What was the basis for the wealth of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

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taxes levied on trade

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What valuable tool for running an empire did West African kings get from Muslims?

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writing; paperwork made it easier to run an empire

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Why might kings of Ghana have accepted Islam, but kept their own traditions at the same time?

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Increase wealth; the old traditions kept them in power over their people, justifying their rule

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Who was the first king of Mali’s empire and by what name was he known?

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Sundiata Keita, the “Lion King”

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Who was the most famous king of Mali and what famous thing did he do?

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Mansa Musa (Emperor Moses), famous pilgrimage to Mecca, showing off and giving away gold

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Who was the most famous king of the Songhai empire and what did he do?

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Askia Muhammad, also a devout Muslim, copied Mansa Musa’s hajj

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For what was Timbuktu known?

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Great center of Islamic learning

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What treasure does Timbuktu keep today?

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Thousands of medieval manuscripts

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Who was Ibn Battuta and what did he do?

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A Moroccon traveler who journeyed and wrote about Mali.

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How was Islam practiced in West Africa?

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Matriarcal systems were replaced by partriarchal systems, and ancestor worship continued.

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What common problem befell Mali after the death of Mansa Musa and Songhai after the death of Askia Muhammad?

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the problem of succession

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Why did the Almoravids of northwest Africa attack Ghana and why might have their motivations not be so pure?

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They claimed Jihad to combat corrupted practices of Islam by the kings, but in the end they made away with the gold.

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What is the legacy of the Bantu migrations and how long were they?

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Spread the Bantu language group throughout sub-Saharan Africa over a period of 1500 years.

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What did African oral tradition include?

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griots who preserved peoples history, folktales that taught lessons to the young, and proverbs or wise sayings, shared from generation to generation

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What did African musical tradition include?

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Call-and-response songs, drums, and other instruments accompanied by dance

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What did Africa artistic tradition include?

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sculpture, masks, basket weaving, and textiles like kente cloth

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How were these traditions spread to the Americas?

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Through the enslavement of Africans to Europeans

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Who introduced Europeans to slave trade?

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Africans, they had a long tradition of selling their people

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