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Unit 4: Africa to 1500 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Savanna Definition

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semiarid grassland

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Migrating Definition

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moving from one place to another

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Subsistence Definition

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producing just enough for survival

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Animal Husbandry Definition

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a branch of agriculture in which animals such as horses and cattle are domesticated

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Cereal Grains Definition

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seeds that come from crops such as wheat, rice, corn, rye, oats, barley, sorghum, and some millets

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Protolanguage Definition

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the ancestor language of a culture that no longer exists

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Axum Definition

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an empire in northeastern Africa near the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, also called Aksum

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Bab el-Mandeb Strait Definition

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strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa

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The Horn of Africa Definition

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the easternmost peninsula on the African continent

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Mediterranean Definition

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the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea

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Sahara Definition

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a large desert that runs from the western coast of Africa to the east coast, separating the northern region on the Mediterranean from regions to the south

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Sub-Saharan Definition

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regions below the Sahara in Africa

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Swahili Definition

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a word meaning “people of the coast” that derives from the Arabic “sahil”; also the name of the language in the Swahili Coast that derives from Arabic and Bantu

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Swahili City-states Definition

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a loosely connected collection of more than 35 independent cities that worked together to control trade off the Swahili Coast

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Swahili Coast Definition

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the region on the eastern coast of Africa where Arabs and Africans created the Swahili culture and language starting in the eighth century and city-states emerged as an economic power

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Tributary Definition

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typically refers to a stream that feeds water into a larger river; in governance and economics it is a smaller state that pays tribute (usually money or goods) to a larger state in exchange for protection or trade preference

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Cape of Good Hope Definition

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one of the southernmost parts of the African continent; ships traveling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean pass by this point of land

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Trade Network Definition

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a system of routes between countries or continents for buying and selling goods

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Bureaucracy Definition

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government administrative departments, may make policy

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Clan Definition

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a family group

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Cleric Definition

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a priest or religious leader

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Convert Definition

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a person who adopts a specific belief or faith

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Djeli Definition

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a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of West Africa whose main function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village

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Enterprise Definition

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a task or financial project

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Inflation Definition

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an increase in cost of goods due to declining purchasing power of money

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Kin Definition

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Family

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Mansa Definition

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king of Mali

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Raiders Definition

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a group that attacks suddenly, usually to steal

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Revenue Definition

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income or money earned

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Sovereign Definition

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the ultimate political power of the land

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Succession Definition

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the process for what or who comes next

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Sunni Definition

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a division of Islam that believes the leader of the faith should be selected by an elite group of followers and does not have to be a member of the prophet Muhammad’s family

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Bronze Age Definition

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a period of history characterized by the bronze tools used in the development of contemporaneous civilizations

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Import Definition

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a trade good brought into a civilization that was produced in another civilization

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Iron Age Definition

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a period of history characterized by the use of iron tools

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Iron-smelting Definition

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the process of melting iron to reduce impurities in the ore and craft ironworks

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Stone Age Definition

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a period of history characterized by the use of stone tools

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Trans-Saharan Trade Network Definition

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trade routes of northern Africa that were known for trading gold, salt, and other goods; trade route connecting East and West Africa along which most of the gold and salt that came from Africa was traded

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Abbasid Dynasty Definition

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the successors to the Umayyads, ruling the Islamic empire from about 750 to 1258 CE; only minor territorial gains occurred during their rule

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Buddhism Definition

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an Eastern religion, prominent in India and China, that seeks to understand the truths of the world, called the Four Noble Truths

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Mali Empire Definition

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an empire in West Africa that followed the Ghana Empire; existed c. 1235–1670 CE

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Porcelain Definition

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a shiny, hard pottery

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Song Dynasty Definition

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a Chinese imperial dynasty between 960 and 1279 CE

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Tang Dynasty

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a Chinese imperial dynasty between 618 and 907 CE

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Umayyad Dynasty Definition

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began after the death of Ali, the last of the four “rightly guided caliphs” who ruled after Muhammad’s death; Umayyads ruled from 661 to about 750 CE, and most territorial expansion of the Islamic empire occurred during these years

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Zoroastrianism Definition

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a religion based on the Iranian prophet Zoroaster, with a dual cosmology of good and evil

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Merchants Definition

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traders who bought and sold goods for a living

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Mohammadans Definition

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name given to the followers of the Muslim prophet Muhammad (those who follow Islam)

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Silk Road Definition

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route that went through Asia, the Middle East, and reached eastern Europe in Constantinople; an ancient network of trade routes that connected China to the Mediterranean Sea and allowed for widespread cultural interaction

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Byzantine Empire Definition

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a term used by historians to refer to the Roman Empire in the East that persisted until the 1400s; based around the city of Constantinople (formerly Byzantium)

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Constantinople Definition

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the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located in both Asia and Europe; conquered by Mehmed II in 1453 despite its status as an impenetrable city; a major trading center because it connected the East with the West; now known as Istanbul in present-day Turkey

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Damascus Definition

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an ancient city located in present-day Syria that was ruled by various Muslim dynasties throughout time

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Mehmed II Definition

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an Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1444 to –1481; conquered the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople, earning him the title “the Conqueror”

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Ottoman Empire Definition

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the powerful Muslim state established by Turkic peoples who settled in modern-day Turkey and other regions of West Asia; it conquered the remains of the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s

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Papacy Definition

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the religious institution and bureaucracy of the Catholic Church, with the pope as its leader

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Samarkand Definition

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trading hub located in present-day Uzbekistan; considered its own independent state until conquered by the Abbasid Caliphate

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Indian Ocean Trade Network Definition

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a series of sailing routes across the Indian Ocean that connected Asia, Africa, and the Middle East

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Oasis Definition

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a fertile area in a desert or arid region due to a freshwater source

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