history Flashcards

1
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Living in a desert

A

Not much water- harder to grow food

Trading

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2
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Living in a rainforest

A

Grow more food farming

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3
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River valley

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More water farming : irrigation system

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4
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Each village formed

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Self-sufficient political and economic entity

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5
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Substinence farming

A

Farm But only for you and family (no surplus)

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6
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Pantheism

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Belief in a single creator god from whom all things came

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7
Q

Many African religions

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Believed in after life

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8
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Lineage group

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Each could trace back to a founding ancestor or group of ancestors

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9
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Such beliefs were sometimes challenged by the arrival of Islam

A

Rejection

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10
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Merchant

A

Amassed considerable profit

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11
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Coastal states

A

Self governing

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12
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Ghana

A

Great. Great commercial state

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13
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King of Ghana

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Ruled by divine right and assisted by hereditary

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14
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Manss muss

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Most powerful king of Mali, contributed Muslim faith

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15
Q

Africans lived in

A

Small rural villages

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16
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Slaves made up ? Percentq

A

75% of the population

17
Q

Stateless society

A

Society not governed by state

18
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Culture diffusion

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Spreading out of culture

19
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aristocracy

A

Govt ruled by an elite

20
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Desertification

A

Process by which an are becomes a desert

21
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Rural

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Country life

22
Q

Zimbabwe

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Most famous powerful, prosperous community