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7974875653How many languages and dialects does Sub-Saharan Africa have?about 2,0000
7974875654Of what tribe are most of the people in Africa descendents from?Bantu1
7974875655Obstacles to increasing the size of local populations and the number of workers were....Insect and animal borne diseases in sub-saharan regions2
7974875656Describe the basic features of Sub-saharan societies.Small commnuties. The people hunted, herded, and had limited agriculture. Metal working & story telling abilities. Role of story telling in educating young people about moral values and religious beliefs were important.3
7974875657Describe the art and culture in Africa.Carving & sculpture (especially wood and ivory) Metal sculptures, bronze and iron statures, detailed bronze, brass, and copper sculptures of head ornaments, animal figures, and relief pictures depicting court life.4
7974875658Great Zimbabwe stood out because of its.......impressive stone buildings and walls.5
7974875659What did Zimbabwe use for decortations on buildings?Coral6
7974875660What were the professional story tellers called?Bards7
7974875661What did the bards do?They chronicled history and social custom.8
7974875662What is an animistic faith based on?The worship of the spirts of animals and ancestors.9
7974875663Who penetrated to the south of Africa, capturing Africans and forcing them into bondage?Arabs from the Middle East10
7974875664Some traders owned how many slaves apiece?more than 1,00011
7974875665Traders spread the Islam faith through the......north and the west of Africa12
7974875666What country had the great city of Timbuktu?Mali13
7974875667Who was the major supplier of gold to the world economy?Ghana14
7974875668Which two metals were more valuable than gold to the Africans?Iron and copper15
7974875669What carried iron, copper, and copper alloy across the Sahara?Caravans16
7974875670What was the cause of Ghana's immediate downfall?Muslim conquest17
7974875671Name two powerful central African states.Kongo and Benin18
7974875672Mutapa and Great Zimbabwe controlled 700 miles of the...Zambezi river basin19
7974875673The height of Great Zimbabwe was in....1000-1400 C.E.20
7974875674Describe Great Zimbabwe.It was a political and religious center. It was a great walled city that encircled 193 acres and consisted of 20,000 people.21
7974875675When did Great Zimbabwe collapse?In the mid-to- late 1400's22
7974875676In east Africa, what was traded the most along the Indian Ocean Trade network?Ivory and Slaves23
7974875677African made goods were reaching China by the tenth and eleventh centuries by the means of....the Indian Ocean trade network24
7974875678Describe the urban centers in the East African city states.About 40 of them were sprinkled along the 1,500 mile stretch of coast running from Mogadishu to the south. They were multi-ethnic & ruled by Arab sheiks (who were the leaders of rich mercantile familes)25
7974875679Name four key cities in East Africa.Malindi, Mobasa, Sofala, and Zanzibar26
7974875680East Africa was very diverse, containing native Africans of many types. Name a few.Arabs, Turks, and other Middle Easterners, along with Indians and others from South and Southeast Asia.27
7974875681When did East Africa have a booming economy?1200 to 1500 C.E.28
7974875682In what two parts of northeastern Africa was Christianity a dominant religion?Islamic Egypt and the Sudan29
7974875683Which African country had a Christian Kingdom for many centuries?Ethiopia30
7974875684What year did the Ethiopians visit Italy?130631
7974875685When did Ethiopia become a Christian autocracy?In the 1500's32
7974875686Describe Askia Mohammed (1493-1528 C.E.)He gained power by killing his uncle. He was a muslim and a skilled general who sponspered art and scholership. He expanded Songhai's bounderies greatly.33
7974875687Describe Songhai.Prospered during most of the 1500's C.E. until its conquest by Morracco (1590)34
7974875688Describe Kongo.Located in west central Africa. In the 1600-1700's, Kongo split into a number of smaller states.35
7974875689What were west and central Africa rich in?Ivory, gold, foodstuffs, and animal hides.36
7974875690When did the Europeans arrive on the African coast? Who was first?1400's, the Portuguese were first37
7974875691What did the Europeans seek control over upon arriving?The gold and ivory trade networks38
7974875692Describe the role of women in West and Central Africa.Mother, wife, and sisters of the chief would play an influential role in each group. Sometimes, women were involved in co-rulerships or even became chiefs themselves. Women sold surplus produce from their land and some administered the market system on a larger scale. Women's councils formed to administer the markets.39
7974875694Which cities were the ones to cooperate with the European slave trade?Oyo, Benin, Dahomey, Kongo, and the Asante kingdom.40
7974875695Who founded the Asante Kingdom in 1680?Osei Tutu41
7974875696The leaders of the Asante Kingdom sold gold and slaves in exchange for....muskets and gunpowder.42
7974875697When did Dutch settlers arrive in Africa?165243
7974875698What was the chief city of the Dutch?Cape Town44
7974875699What were Boers? Describe them.(possible essay question)Dutch settlers. They enslaved the nearest African tribe, Xhosa. Many wars broke out between the Boers and Zulu. When the entire region came under British control (in the early 1800's), the boers continued to live there.45
7974875700What was Vasco de Gama's jumping off point in 1498 to Calcult, India?the East African port of Malindi46
7974875701The Portuguese conquered a chain of cities along the East African coast during the early 1500's. What did they turn them into, and give some examples.They turned them into colonies and garrisons. Some examples include Malindi, Kilwa, Sofala, Mozambique and Mombasa.47
7974875702What was African culture's most dominant medium?Sculpture48
7974875703Other characteristics of African culture include...masks & elaborate beadwork, wood carvings, sculpture, metal work, painting, woven basketry, and melded gold into elaborate swords of state, brightly colored wall paintings of holy events in churches.49
7974875704Who was arcitecture influenced by?Arabs and Europe colonists who built fortresses and residents in East and West Africa50
7974875705Desribe the orgins of the Atlantic Slave Trade.Portuguese began the process. The slave trade became a central part of the European economy. Starting in 1441 C.E. slaves were taken to Portugal and sold in Europe. (1,000 slaves per year)51
7974875706What were the reasons for expansions of the Atlantic slave trade?There was an increase in demand for African slaves. Needed help planting, harvesting, and refining sugar.52
7974875707When and where did the Portuguese begin usuing slaves on the sugar plantations?1490 C.E. / Sao Tome53
7974875708What year did the Portuguese bring the first recorded shipment of slaves directly from Africa to the new world?1518 C.E.54
7974875709What percentage of slaves went to Brazil?37%55
7974875710What percentage of slaves went to Spanish America?15%56
7974875711What was the destination for fully 41 percent of all slaves taken from Africa?the Caribbean57
7974875712Southern colonies of North America recieved how much of all slaves?5%58
7974875713Describe the Triangle Trade.European manufactured goods (metal ware, cotton textiles, processed alchol, firearms) would be bought to Africa and exchanged for gold, ivory, timber. Slaves were taken to the Americas and sold for hard cash or traded for goods.59
7974875714Describe the scramble for Africa.In the late 19th century, the European imperial powers engaged in a major territorial scramble and occupied most of the continent, creating many colonial territories. Egypt and Sudan were never formally incorporated into any European colonial empire; however, Egypt was effectivly under British administration (until 1922) after the British occupation of 1882.60
7974875715Which two African states were left fully independent?Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and Liberia61
7974875716What was the Berlin Conference?an important event in the political future of African ethnic groups. Held in 1884-1885. Attended by the European powers that laid claim to African territories. It sought to bring an end to the scramble for Africa by European powers by agreeing on political division and spheres of influence.62
7974875717Who convened the Berlin Conference?King Leopold 11 of Belguim63
7974875718How many soverign countries make up Africa today?5464
7974875719What happened to African states since colonialism?They have frequently been hampered by instablilty, corruption,violence, and authoritarianism. Most of them are republics that operate under some form of the presidential system of rule. However few of them have been able to sustain democratic governments on a permanent basis. Many of cycled through a series of coups, producting military dictatorships.65
7974875720Imperial rule by Europeans wcontinued until...after the conclusion of WWII66
7974875721What was the result of marginilization of ethnic groups and graft under these leaders?Great instability67
7974875722During the 1970's and 1980's, who ruled many nations in Africa and was percieved as being the only group that could effectively maintain order?The military68
7974875723In the early 1960's ato the late 1980's Africa had more than ____coups and ____ presidential assasinations.70, 1369
7974875724What was common with the European imposed borders of many nations being widely contested through armed conflicts?Border and territorial disputes70
7974875725What has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Somali Civil War in the early 21st century?Piracy71
7974875726What has piracy contributed to?an increase in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments.72

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