+ Additional Notes

Question 1

Ifat emerged ______ of Shewa

Answer 1

South

Question 2

Amhara Region was located

Answer 2

South of Lasta, between South Wollo and North Shewa

Question 3

Location of Sultanate of Shewa

Answer 3

hot Lowland region on the left of the Awash River

Question 4

location of the speakers of Afro-Asiatic Super Family region

Answer 4

North Africa, Sahara, HoA & aroung Lake Chad

Question 5

location of the speakers of Khoisan Super-Family region

Answer 5

around Kalahari Desert of North of South Africa, Southwestern Botswana and Namibia

Question 6

location of the speakers of Kordofanian region

Answer 6

Nuba hills (S. of Republic of Sudan)

Question 7

location of the speakers of Niger Congo Family region

Answer 7

much of West Africa and all of Bantu Africa

Question 8

location of the speakers of Bantu region

Answer 8

much of Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 9

location of the speakers of Omotic region

Answer 9

only in Ethiopia

Question 10

location of the speakers of Semitic region

Answer 10

mainly in HoA

Question 11

location of the speakers of Cushitic region

Answer 11

on the Red Sea coast, through HoA, and into Central Kenya & Tanzania

Question 12

Mamluk Decline

Answer 12

corruption
decline in agricultural productivity!
cattle plague &
drought

Question 13

Fung was established by cattle keeping nomads who lived in

Answer 13

N.E. Africa (present day R.o.Sudan)

Question 14

9th C.

Answer 14

emergence of series of Muslim states

Question 15

beginning of 8th C.

Answer 15

spread of Islam

Question 16

b/n 7th-11th C.

Answer 16

Arabic was brought to Africa

Question 17

early 7th C.

Answer 17

birth of Islam
conquered Egypt (642)

Question 18

late 7th C.

Answer 18

they (Muslims) went on from Egypt to the rest of North Africa

Question 19

end of the 7th C.

Answer 19

Arab empire had reached Morocco and even conquered
southern Spain

Question 20

11th century

Answer 20

After politico-religious rivalries in the 11th century, there was a revival of Islam in North Africa, accompanied by a further wave of Arab immigration. This was also followed by the expansion of the West African Empires.

Question 21

Islam promoted a trade b/n

Answer 21

West Africa & Mediterranean

Question 22

Islam widened

Answer 22

Trans Saharan Caravan Trade

Question 23

towards the end of 14th C.

Answer 23

Songhai threw-off the over-lordship of Mali

Question 24

Nigeria-Atlantic Coast

Answer 24

Songhai extent

Question 25

battle of Tondibi

Answer 25

1591-final of Songhai

Question 26

Hausa City States Emerged in the Present day

Answer 26

Nigeria

Question 27

Hausa economy

Answer 27

Agriculture & TST

Question 28

beginning of 1st M. BC.

Answer 28

new peoples migrated into eastern Africa from the west
Niger River- Esat Africa & Congo River Basin

Question 29

late 14th C.

Answer 29

Bantu founded Kongo

Question 30

2000yrs ago

Answer 30

Bantu speaking people established small village settlements along the coast of the Indian ocean

Question 31

“coasters” in Arabic

Answer 31

Swahili

Question 32

“al-Murabitun” in English

Answer 32

people of hermitage
Almoravids (Berbers)-Tunisia

Question 33

“believers in one God” in Arabic

Answer 33

“al-Mwahidun”
Almohads- Morocco

Question 34

The __________civilization is an example of cultural diffusion formed from the interaction between _____, ______and ______traditions.

Answer 34

Swahili Civilization, Arabic, Persian and Bantu

Question 35

________ ruled the Swahili cities.

Answer 35

Wealthy Muslim elites

Question 36

Impressed by east Africa’s _____ and ________trade, the Portuguese established a trading fort at ______in _______.

Answer 36

gold, ivory, Sofala, 1505