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APWH U3: Chapter 8: African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam Flashcards

These cards are a compilation of various chapters from Unit Three of the AP World History curriculum. The time range of the entire collection of cards range from 600 c. CE - 1450 CE. This set specifically follows African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam. Concepts covered include:
-The links between Islam, trade, and urbanization in Sub-Saharan & Eastern Africa
-Mansa Musa, Ibn Battuta and Saladin
-Religious influences on Africa

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547057508What was the government system like in Africa?Rulers controlled through a hierarchy of officials in stateless societies.0
547057509What occured in 300 C.E.?The origin of Ghana1
547057510Shortly after the death of Muhammad, Muslim armies flooded into the North African plain, and won converts amongst who?The Berbers2
547057511Who were the Almoravids/Almohadis?Islamic Berber zealot dynasties; forcibly spread Islam south of the Sahara. The Almoravids destroyed Ghana. Although the kingdom survives, the power does not.3
547057512Mali and Songhay were what kind of political organization?Sudanic States4
547057513What was a major form of trade in Africa?The gold and salt trade5
547057514What was the significance of Timbuktu?Acted as a major center for learning and trading.6
547057515Who founded the empire of Mali, and what was his significance?Sundiata; he created a unified state, and arranged the clans in a certain way based off of specialization.7
547057516Who was Mansa Musa?The most famous Mali leader, he made a Islamic hajj that brought attention to West Africa; causing inflation.8
547057517Who was Ibn Battuta?A traveler who came upon Africa and traded with them. He then spread awareness of Africa's riches and society to the East and parts of Asia.9
547057518Who founded Songhai?Sunni Ali.10
547057519Who made the Songhai state the greatest it had ever been in West Africa?Muhammad the Great11
547057520What was unique about African lineage?It was traced through the mothers.12
547057521What did the Bantu language do for Africa?It provided a lingual unity. (Mixture of Arabic and Swahili).13
547057522What religion acted as a religious unity in Africa?Animism.14
547057523While North AFrica was fully involved in the Mediterranean and Arab economic world, Sub-Saharan Africa what?Varied greatly from one region to the next.15
547057524What did specialization do for Africa?Encouraged local and regional trade; caused markets to grow in BOTH decentralized and structured areas.16
547057525Although conversion took place within a certain political unity under the Abbasids, what happened?It later broke down and caused Africa to separate into states and competing groups.17
547057526Under pressure from Muslim invaders, a great puritanical reformist movement took place by whom? And what happened?The Almoravids; moved south against African kingdoms & into Spain, along with the Almohadis.18
547057527In what two cities did the Christian religious influences thrive?Nubia and Ethopia19
547057528What did the Hausa people do?They formed states after the fall of Songhay that combined Muslim and Pagan traditions.20

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