9235061949 | Malaria | disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood | 0 | |
9235061950 | Bananas | tropical/sub-tropical, long curved fruit that grows in clusters | 1 | |
9235061951 | Congo River | river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, where a major civilization developed. | 2 | |
9235061952 | Ibn Battuta | 8th century Moroccan traveler known as the greatest traveler known of pre-modern times | 3 | |
9235061953 | Camel Saddle | invention that gives more stability to camel riders, travelled along the trans-Saharan caravan trade route. | 4 | |
9235061954 | Hijab | a head covering worn by Muslim women in public, the religious code that governs the wearing of the hijab | 5 | |
9235061955 | Eunuchs | castrated males, originally in charge of protection of the rulers concubines; later had a major roles in government; especially in China or Islamic civilization | 6 | |
9235061956 | Ali Bin Muhammad | led by the Zanj revolt (rebellion against the slaves abbasid) | 7 | |
9235061957 | Zanj Rebellion | major uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate which took place from 869-883 | 8 | |
9235061958 | Griots | west-African story-teller, the conduits of history for the community | 9 | |
9235061959 | Rock Churches | 11 churches in present day Lalibela, built into the ground, carved in Ethiopia | 10 | |
9235061960 | San | a member of the original peoples of Southern Africa (bushmen), group of khoisian languages spoken by the san | 11 | |
9235061961 | Indian Ocean Trade | worlds richest maritime trade network that was essential for the property of East Africa to Southern China | 12 | |
9235061962 | Trans-Sahara Trade | requires travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Sahara Africa from North Africa (involved camels) | 13 | |
9235061963 | Kumbai Saleh | capital of the kingdom of Ghana | 14 | |
9235061964 | Timbuktu | the centre of Islamic learning in West Africa | 15 | |
9235061965 | Gao | a very wealthy, developed city in Mali, located along the niger River | 16 | |
9235061966 | Kilwa | city-state found on the East-African coast; wealthy and became a major trading center by the 14th century | 17 | |
9235061967 | Swahili city-states | created by Indian Ocean Trade, means 'coasters', referring to the inhabitants of commercial centers, the Bantu language was used here | 18 | |
9235061968 | Mombasa | costal city of East Africa that was an important trade center | 19 | |
9235061969 | Zanj Coast | 19th century political foundation established by the Omani Sultanate on the Swahili coast | 20 | |
9235061970 | Matrilineal Descent | Kinship System in which ancestral descent is traced through maternal lines | 21 | |
9235061971 | Kin-based networks | Relation between two or more people that is based on common ancestry or marriage | 22 | |
9235061972 | Age Sets | Social groups consisting of people of similar age who have a common dentity; maintain close ties and pass through a series of age related statuses | 23 | |
9235061973 | Chief | A leader or ruler of a people or clan | 24 | |
9235061974 | Kongo Kingdom | Several village alliances, participated actively in trade networks and most centralized rule of the early Bantu Kingdoms | 25 | |
9235061975 | Ghana | Between Sahara and tropical rain forests of the west African coast | 26 | |
9235061976 | Mali | In west Africa, Home of the great African empire; extremely wealthy | 27 | |
9235061977 | Sundiata | Founder of Mali, ruling from c.1235-c.1255 | 28 | |
9235061978 | Mansa Musa | Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa; made famous pilgrimage to Mecca, established trade routes to Middle East, gave gold away during his pilgrimage | 29 | |
9235061979 | Mecca | The holiest city of the Islamic faith, where Mansa Musa made his pilgrimage to | 30 | |
9235061980 | Songhay | Successor state to Mali, dominated middle reaches of Niger Valley, formed as an independent kingdom under a Berber dynasty, capital was Gao, reached an imperial status under the ruler Sonni Ali and was the last great state | 31 | |
9235061981 | Zimbabwe | Most powerful kingdom in the 12th To 15th century, a landlocked republic in south-central africa | 32 | |
9235061982 | Great Zimbabwe | Capital had a great stone wall enclosing it, found in southeast Africa was a major source of gold. | 33 |
AMSCO AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards
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