Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 1

Times

Answer 1

1. 8000-600CE
2. 600-1450CE
3. 1450-1750CE
4. 1750-1900CE
5. 1900-Present

Question 2

Politics

Answer 2

1. Pharaoh/queen (incarnation of sun god), internal disorder, invasions (900 BCE), irrigation
2. Kingship legitimized by Islam “People of the book”, Bantu
3. Leaders cooperated with salve traders; monarchy
4. Re-colonization of Africa; Sierra Leone, Liberia; coastal kingdoms ruled by warlords/merchants; intertribal war; revolutions; white man burdens
5. Decolonization of Africa, attempts at representative gov, involved in WW2, renewed independence efforts (civil war, gov corruption, socialism)

Question 3

Economy

Answer 3

1. Trade with Kush and Mesopotamia, agricultural villages engaged in trade
2. Trade with Islam, trans-saharan trade routes; Ghana (gold), Mali; gold, salt, honey, slaves, Ivory, imports, trade with Byzantine
3. Triangle Trade /Atlantic slave trade, guns traded for slaves
4. End of Atlantic slave trade, Islamic states of west africa still trade slaves, rely on it for economy
5. Globalized economies, mercantilism in former colonies, poverty stricken countries, international debt

Question 4

Social Class/Gender

Answer 4

1. Patriarchal, but women managed house, owned property, regents of rulers, priestesses, scribes, can divorce, high priest class
2. Merchants valued, patriarchal, rich women more restricted, Islamic law, religious tolerance, class centered around age group
3. Demographic shifts as men are taken as slaves
4. rapid population growth
5. Spanish flu (global epidemic), clear black majority making decolonization easier

Question 5

Science/Inventions

Answer 5

1. Hieroglyphics, bronze toold, papyrus, 365 day calendar, medicine, math, astronomy, iron
2. Hellenistic thought, science/math
3. manioc, maize, sweet potatoes (from america), technology suffered due to slave trade
4. Industrialization, enlightenment
5. Slow technological development due to decolonization, mercantilism, instability, no money

Question 6

Art/Architecture

Answer 6

1. Pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics
2. Centered around Christianity, mosques, minarets
3. Islamic art/architecture, arts suffered due to slave trade
4. Christian/Islamic arts; literary/artistic forms of the west
5. Western artistic forms, religion art, native art

Question 7

Empire

Answer 7

1. protected, unique civilization, Nile, not as urban as Mesopotamia
2. Islamic urban center, bantu migrations, trade centers, trans-saharan trade route
3. Beginnings of European exploration; Kongo, benin, Mali, Songhay
4. Open to foreign takeover; colonized by Europe
5. Decolonization- new sovereign nations

Question 8

Religion

Answer 8

1. Polytheism , afterlife (mummification), Book of the Dead
2. Islam , Christianity in Ethiopia and Egypt, animistic, syncretism
3. Islam, Christianity, animism, ancestor worship→syncretism
4. Islam, Christianity, animism, ancestor worship→syncretism
5. Islam, Christianity, animism, atheists