Test 1 Flashcards
Three crops domesticated in Africa
Pearl millet, sorghum (guinea corn), yam tubers
size of rainforest
about 1.4 million sq miles, only one fifth of African landmass
seasonal movement from one vegetation zone to another in search of pasture
pastorialism
why Khosian is found in southernmost Africa
Their technology was particularly suited to exploiting the dry, semi-desert zones of Southern Africa.
4 writing systems of africa
Egyptian hieroglyphics, Ethiopian, vai, agami
characteristics of australopeticus
Bipedal, small brain, hands/fingers, developed for using tools, omnivorous, extinct about 1.5mya
4 hunter gatherer groups in central and southern africa.
Khoi and san of South Africa, twa and efe of central Africa
Origin of dominant language in the Austronesian language group
Developed from the language of Asian migrants from Borneo Indo
Exogamy practiced among which ethnic group
igbo acephalous society
“the death of an old man in Africa is like…”
a library burning, ahmadu hampate ba
first hominoid to migrate out of africa in to Asia and europe
homo erectus (ergaster)
vegetation with best soil in africa
mountains
Fulani language group
Niger Congo West Atlantic
Xhosa language group
Niger Congo Bantu
Kanuri language group
Nilo Saharan
Malagasy language group
Austronesian
Hausa language group
Afro-Asiatic
Role of agriculture in social organization
changed humans from nomadic to sedentary life
cause of migration from the Sahara region
spread of pastoralism and cultivation
three ethnic groups that had acephalous political system in Africa
massai, Fulani, galla boran
three weaknesses of oral tradition
Art is used to record historical events, art is used as a mnemonic device, art history- changes in styles and forms of art and visual culture
keeper of oral tradition in mali
mory kaite
Hypothesis that denies African creation of the great civilizations and engineering feats in ancient Africa.
Denigrated by Arab Muslims, denied by European racists/colonialists. Not much was written because African history relied greatly on oral tradition.
name of early promoter of african history
ahmadu hampate ba
