study guide (I guess) Flashcards
1
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Djenne-Jeno
A
Largest trade center in west Africa by 250 B.C.
2
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Great Rift Valley
A
has some of the earliest fossils.
3
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Kente
A
cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning “Basket”.
4
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Moroccans
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Invasion bought down the Songhai empire.
5
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Songhai
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Largest empire in west Africa by 1492.
6
Q
why did Portugal have so much surgarcane?
A
Because Portugal owned 2 islands that had a mild climate that had good weather for surgarcanes.
7
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What did the Portuguese slave trade cause?
A
It increased demand on slave workers in America and it caused an increase slaves in Africa.
