AP world history ch. 8 Flashcards

33457234	Stateless Societies	cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government.	0
33457235	Ifriqiya	Roman term for Africa	1
33457236	Maghrib	the Arabic term for western North African	2
33457237	Almohadis	a reformist movement among the Islamic Berbers of northern Africa; later than the Almoravids; penetrated into sub-Sahara Africa	3
33457238	Juula	Malinke merchants that formed partnerships or groups to carry out trade. They spread beyond Mali and throughout western Africa	4
33457239	Sundiata	a leader whose exploits were the foundation of a great oral tradition. created unified state & basic rules for malinke society	5
33457240	Griots	professional oral historians; advisors to the kings	6
33457241	Ibn Batuta	Arab traveler who described African societies and cultures in his travel records (Muslim Marco-Polo)	7
33457242	Timbuktu	a city in central Mali near the Niger river	8
33457243	Muhammad the Great	Extended the boundaries of the Songhay Empire; Islamic ruler of the mid-16th century	9
33457244	Songhay	Sucessor of Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao	10
33457245	Hausa	a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria	11
33457246	Sharia	body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life	12