early migration: political organization

Question 1

why did governments start to form

Answer 1

there was no use in migrating and forming new territories / new settlements b/c agriculture people already occupied most of the continent

Question 2

the form of govnt during and after the bantu migrations

Answer 2

called “stateless society” or
“segmentary society “

• didnt rely on a hierarchy of officials
• instead they governed through family kinship groups

Question 3

district

Answer 3

a group of villages

-no head: just village chiefs come together to argue

Question 4

villages

Answer 4

100 people

• male heads ruled
• chief = most prominent male
• kinship groups

Question 5

Tiv people of Nigeria

Answer 5

over 1 million people but still use kin based society

Question 6

why did militaries form

Answer 6

population growth strain resources

• less land form migrants to settle
• -conflict in village and districts
• bantu communities organized militaries

Question 7

what did militaries lead to

Answer 7

forming small kingdoms

-powerful chiefs overrode kinship network and conquered neighbors into small kingdoms

Question 8

If and Benin

Answer 8

kingdoms in W africa

both were city states
had sculptures of faces and figures

Question 9

where was one of the most active areas of political development

Answer 9

congo basin

Question 10

what happened due to so many villages in the congo basin

Answer 10

-villages formed small states
-then they formed larger regional principalities
for military purpose

Question 11

Kingdom of Kongo

Answer 11

prosperous Congolese state

• trade: copper, raffia cloth, nzimbu shells
• known for being tightly centralized in the congo basin

Question 12

kingdom of kongo government

Answer 12

king and officials->governors administer 6 provinces->chief rules villages

Question 13

kingdom of kongo currency

Answer 13

cowries

Question 14

what ended govnt of kingdom of kongo

Answer 14

Portuguese slav traders