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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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1238879252What was the government system like in Africa?Rulers controlled through a hierarchy of officials in stateless societies.0
1238879253What occured in 300 C.E.?The origin of Ghana1
1238879254Shortly after the death of Muhammad, Muslim armies flooded into the North African plain, and won converts amongst who?The Berbers2
1238879255Who 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
1238879256Mali and Songhay were what kind of political organization?Sudanic States4
1238879257What was a major form of trade in Africa?The gold and salt trade5
1238879258What was the significance of Timbuktu?Acted as a major center for learning and trading.6
1238879259Who 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
1238879260Who was Mansa Musa?The most famous Mali leader, he made a Islamic hajj that brought attention to West Africa; causing inflation.8
1238879261Who 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
1238879262Who founded Songhai?Sunni Ali.10
1238879263Who made the Songhai state the greatest it had ever been in West Africa?Muhammad the Great11
1238879264What was unique about African lineage?It was traced through the mothers.12
1238879265What did the Bantu language do for Africa?It provided a lingual unity. (Mixture of Arabic and Swahili).13
1238879266What religion acted as a religious unity in Africa?Animism.14
1238879267While 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
1238879268What did specialization do for Africa?Encouraged local and regional trade; caused markets to grow in BOTH decentralized and structured areas.16
1238879269Although 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
1238879270Under 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
1238879271In what two cities did the Christian religious influences thrive?Nubia and Ethopia19
1238879272What did the Hausa people do?They formed states after the fall of Songhay that combined Muslim and Pagan traditions.20

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