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Ch3 Test Flashcards

1
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What is the Savannah?

A

A flat grassland in Africa

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2
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A Clan is ______?

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where they include everyone who could trace his ancestry to a common relative

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3
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A Tribe is _______?

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where two or more Africans clans live together and sharing a common language , belief, and customs

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4
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What is Swahili

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it is a common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa

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5
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The Greeks gave Aksum and all the territory below it what name?

A

Ethiopia

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6
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Ho is frumentius

A

He was a slave ho rose in favor with the king and introduce Coptic Christianity to the people

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7
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Who was Musa?

A

The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca

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8
Q

Suni Ali struggled to maintain this city

A

Timbuktu

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9
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What is a name for Western Africa that derives from the gold trade that occurred at its coast

A

Gold Coast

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10
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What is Zimbabwe

A

The city of great Zimbabwe was established on the Zimbabwe plateau near the sabi river

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11
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Kilwa is known as __________?

A

One of the finest and most substantially built towns

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12
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River that borders Zimbabwe’s empire?

A

Zambezi River

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13
Q

The supreme Being of the Kikuyu people is _________?

A

Magi

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14
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“One of the finest and most substantially built towns”

A

Kilwa

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15
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Common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa is __________

A

Swahili

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16
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The title of the king of Mali; it means ruler?

A

Mansa

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17
Q

Who founded the kingdom of Mali?

A

Sunjata

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18
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Modern town on Somalia’s eastern coast.

A

Mogadishu

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19
Q

Ethiopian king who became a Coptic Christian.

A

Ezana

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20
Q

Kilwa engaged in jihad against what people?

A

Zinji

21
Q

The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca?

A

Musa

22
Q

Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?

A

Islam

23
Q

Major businesses in eastern Africa centered around what three commodities?

A

Ivory
Precious stone
Slaves

24
Q

What has been the imperial title of the Ethiopian rulers?

A

“The conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah”

25
Q

Coptic Christians regarded Menelik is considered the offspring of ______ ?

A

Solomon

26
Q

Maze is a bother name for

A

Corn

27
Q

What large body of water is located to the north of the content of Africa

A

Mediterranean Sea

28
Q

Swahili is composed of words from what 3 different languages

A

Bantue,English,Arabic

29
Q

What is the Sahara

A

It is a desert that covers most of North Africa

30
Q

Name 2 rivers located in east Africa

A

Zambezi river and Limpopo river

30
Q

What is the Common name for camels ?

A

Ships in the desert

30
Q

Speakers of the Bantu language live along the coast of what body of water

A

Indian Ocean

30
Q

True or False:

The Sahel is a large strip of land between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

A

False

30
Q

True or False:

In Africa live stocks served as a sine of wealth and prosperity

A

True

30
Q

True or False:

An African colter the family was the most important element of traditional African culture

A

True

30
Q

True or False:

Most African regions did not promote belief in a supreme being

A

False

30
Q

True or False:

Several unusual churches at Lalibela were made by carving into rock at ground level.

A

True

31
Q

True or False:

Timbuktu never developed a large population.

A

False

32
Q

True or False:

The empire Of Dona became prosperous partly because of its gold and felt trading.

A

True

33
Q

True or False:

African empire built advanced cities during Europes dark ages.

A

True

34
Q

True or False:

Arabic became widely adopted in Northern Africa due to the spread of Islam.

A

True

35
Q

What material did African’s forage into tools and use as a form of money?

A

Iron

36
Q

The kingdom of Kush was located on the Nile River between Egypt and _________?

A

Ethiopia

37
Q

West African’s were among the first to use what animal for desert travel?

A

Camel

38
Q

What large city was built near the Sabi river and means “great house of stone”.

A

Zimbabwe

39
Q

Name two west African trading items

A

Iron
Gold
Cotton cloth
Spices

40
Q

The abundance of gold mined on the coast of west Africa near the Gulf of Guine lead the Europeans to refer to this area as the ________?

A

Gold Coast

41
Q

The Muslims of Kilwa engaged in what against the people?

A

Jihad

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