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8766742079Who did city-states of east Africa fall under the domination of?Portuguese merchant mariners0
8766756384When did the kingdom of Ghana originate?4th or 5th century1
8766765462How did kings of Ghana gain financial resources needed to field a large army?controlling and taxing trans-Saharan trade in gold2
8766780926What replaced Ghana as a preeminent power in west Africa during the 13 century?Mali Empire3
8766785674What took the Mali Empire's place in the 15th century?Songhay empire4
8766791916Where was the Songhay state based?Gao5
8766824241What Songhay ruler embarked on a campaign in 1464 to conquer his neighbors and consolidated the Songhay empire?Sunni Ali6
8766827735What trading cities did Sunni Ali bring under control?Timbuktu and Jenne7
8766837746What did Sunni Ali do?appointed governors to oversee provinces, created an imperial navy, built an elaborate administrative and military apparatus to oversee affairs8
8766892131How did the Songhay fall?a musket-bearing Moroccan army attacked the Songhay military forces9
8766921399Who began to build communities in the forests south of the grasslands?Oyo and Asante people10
8766986227Why did Swahili city-states decline?Vasco da Gama skirmished forces at Mozambique and Mombasa, and eventually a Portuguese naval expedition disrupted trade patterns which led to the decline11
8767020009What was the best known of principal city-states in central Africa?Kongo12
8767033142What country established a close political and diplomatic relationship with Kongo?Portugal13
8767048972What did the kings of Kongo do to establish closer commercial relations with the Portuguese?convert to Christianity14
8767063093What king of Kongo became Roman Catholic and studied the bible so much that he often forgot to eat?King Nzinga Mbemba15
8767074417What was the capital of Kongo?Mbanza16
8767083211What was Mbanza known to Europeans as?São Salvador17
8767098195Why was Mbanza called "Kongo of the Bell"?it had a large amount of churches18
8767148604What did Portuguese merchants want from Kongo?copper, ivory, and most importantly, slaves19
8767174726What did the Portuguese refer to Ndongo as?Angola20
8767183330What did Portuguese forces want to establish in Ndongo?a colony to support large-scale slave trade21
8767196282What was Queen Nzinga's goal?drive out the Portuguese, then the Dutch, and create a vast central African empire embracing the entire lower Congo basin22
8767219466What was the first European colony in sub-Saharan Africa?Angola23
8767246556Who did Europeans encounter in Cape Town?Khoikhoi people24
8767264544What did the Dutch settlements in Africa lay the foundation for?a series of Dutch and British colonies25
8767286609Where was Islam most popular in Africa?the commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states of east Africa26
8768247433Who were the most important of Muslims in sub-Saharan who were concerned with the purity of Islam?the Fulani27
8768255586What did the Fulani do?founded powerful sates, promoted the spread of Islam to the countryside, established schools to teach the Quran.28
8768314639Where did the Antonian Movement take place?Kongo29
8768321674Who was the Antonian Movement started by?Dona Beatriz30
8768323837What did Dona Beatriz claim?St. Anthony had possessed her and chosen her to communicate his messages, she taught that Jesus Christ had been an African man, that Kongo was the holy land, and that heaven was for Africans31
8768354936What happened to Dona Beatriz?she was sentenced to death and burned at the stake32
8768364098What was the most important American crop that came to sub-Saharan Africa?manioc33

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