world geo unit 6 Flashcards
Bantu Migration/ expansion
people left west/central africa to travel east/south africa
congo river
one of the deepest rivers, very powerful
languages of sub-saharan
Arabic, Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba
kilwa kisiwani
the great mosque, before very wealthy trade started shrinking,
stelae
a slab or stone (gravestone)
timbuktu
became wealthy under musa, brought islamic religion
triangular trade system
trade between africa, asia, and europe
apartheid
segregation on other things then race
climate of south africa
subtropical and temperate
european colonization in africa
“scramble of africa”, broke up africa without african vote
great zimbabwe
very rich, capital of a kingdom
rivers of southern africa
zambezi, victoria, orange
swahili city-states
Kilwa, Malindi, Gedi, Pate, Comoros, and Zanzibar
timeline of trade in western africa
through the sahara desert, Ghana was the first trading empire, then mali, and songhai
western sudan
first empire = ghana, sudan split into two countries due to fights for independence, islam is religion