africa

Question 1

indian ocean trade

Answer 1

• network of trade routes that connected people who had items for people who wanted those items and were willing to pay for them
• bigger, richer, and more diverse than the silk road
• people who traded were from swahili coast cites, islamic empires, india, china, and asia
• trade was dominated by muslim merchants because they had the money for ships
• technology was spread

Question 2

zanzibar

Answer 2

• big trade center

- literacy, arabic

Question 3

kilwa

Answer 3

• portuguese arrive and invade

- big trade center

Question 4

great zimbabwe

Answer 4

• extensive gold workings
• the great enclosure- majesty, power
• cattle sustained this society- banking system

Question 5

ethiopia

Answer 5

• prester john
• adal
• orthodox christianity
• susenyos
• fasilides

Question 6

fasilides

Answer 6

• emperor of ethiopia
• stops the 5 year civil war
• builds gondar

Question 7

kongo

Answer 7

portuguese gets slaves from here

Question 8

nzinga nkuwu

Answer 8

• kongo’s king
• forges a trade relationship with the portugese
• switches the kingdom’s religion to catholic christianity
• loses his agency

Question 9

king alfonso

Answer 9

king of kongo

Question 10

luanda

Answer 10

• port city used to capture slaves

- established by kongo and the portugese

Question 11

sao tome/ principe

Answer 11

established for the sugar production of the portugese

Question 12

ndongo

Answer 12

• war between portugese and ndongo in 1579 A.D

- during the war, slaves were sent to fire up the brazilian sugar industry

Question 13

njinga

Answer 13

• ruler of ndongo
• fighting the portugese = two kingdoms (ndongo and matamba), converting to christianity, abd expelling the portugese
• keeps her agency