AP World: Africa Flashcards
Regional outline for Africa. Divided into five units and seven categories (political, economic, social, science, art, empire, and religion).
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| 162408116 | Political, 8000-600 CE | Pharaoh/queen, internal disorder, invasions | 0 | |
| 162408117 | Economic, 8000-600 CE | Trade with Kush and Mesopotamia, agricultural villages engaged in trade | 1 | |
| 162408118 | Social, 8000-600 CE | Patriarchal, but women manage household/own property/regents of rulers/prestesses/scribes/can divorce | 2 | |
| 162408119 | Science, 8000-600 CE | Hieroglyphics, bronze tools, papyrus, 365 day calendar, medicine, math astronomy, iron | 3 | |
| 162408120 | Art, 8000-600 CE | Pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics | 4 | |
| 162408121 | Empire, 8000-600 CE | Geography: protected, unique civilization, not as urban as Mesopotamia/Nile river | 5 | |
| 162408122 | Religion, 8000-600 CE | Polytheism, afterlife (mummification), Book of the Dead | 6 | |
| 162408123 | Political, 600-1450 CE | Kingship legitimized by Islam, 'People of the Book,' Bantu (stateless societies) | 7 | |
| 162408124 | Economic, 600-1450 CE | Trade with Islam as unifying factor, trans-Saharan trade routes; Ghana (gold), Mali; gold/salt/honey/slaves/ivory/imports, trade with Byzantine Empire, agriculture | 8 | |
| 162408125 | Social, 600-1450 CE | Merchants valued, patriarchal society, rich women more restricted; Islamic law, 'People of the Book,' religious tolerance, class centered around age group | 9 | |
| 162408126 | Science, 600-1450 CE | Hellenistic thought, science/math | 10 | |
| 162408127 | Art, 600-1450 CE | Linguistic, architectural, artistic version of Christianity; calligraphy,Mosques, minarets | 11 | |
| 162408128 | Empire, 600-1450 CE | Islamic urban center, Bantu Migrations, trade centers, trans-Saharan trade route | 12 | |
| 162408129 | Religion, 600-1450 CE | Islam, Christianity in Ethiopia and Egypt, animistic, syncretism | 13 | |
| 162408130 | Political, 1450-1750 CE | Leaders cooperate with slave traders, monarchy | 14 | |
| 162408131 | Economic, 1450-1750 CE | Triangle Trade/Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; guns traded for slaves; slave trade with Mediterranean world | 15 | |
| 162408132 | Social, 1450-1750 CE | Demographic shifts; more males in the slave trade than females (females traded more in the East coast); depopulated | 16 | |
| 162408133 | Science, 1450-1750 CE | Manioc/maize/sweet potatoes (from America); technology suffered due to slave trade | 17 | |
| 162408134 | Art, 1450-1750 CE | Islamic art/architecture, paper making, arts suffered due to slave trade | 18 | |
| 162408135 | Empire, 1450-1750 CE | Part of Triangular Trade (with Europe and America); beginnings of European exploration; Kongo, Benin, Mali, Songhay | 19 | |
| 162408136 | Religion, 1450-1750 CE | Islam, Christianity, animism, ancestor worship = syncretism | 20 | |
| 162408137 | Political, 1750-1914 CE | Re-colonization of Africa; Sierra Leone, Liberia; coastal kingdoms ruled by warlords/merchants; intertribal war; Revolutions; 'White Man's burden' | 21 | |
| 162408138 | Economic, 1750-1914 CE | End of Atlantic Slave Trade = Islamic states of West africa still trade slaves; rely on slave trade more; economic slump | 22 | |
| 162408139 | Social, 1750-1914 CE | Rapid population growth | 23 | |
| 162408140 | Science, 1750-1914 CE | Industrialization; guns/textiles/alcohol (importance of foreign imports; enlightenment | 24 | |
| 162408141 | Art, 1750-1914 CE | Christian/Islamic arts; literary/artistic forms of the west | 25 | |
| 162408142 | Empire, 1750-1914 CE | Open to foreign takeover due to economic slump; colonized by Europe | 26 | |
| 162408143 | Religion, 1750-1914 CE | Islam/Christianity/animism/ancestor worship = syncretism | 27 | |
| 162408144 | Political, 1914-now | Decolonization of Africa; attempt at representative government; involved in WWII; renewed independence efforts = civil war, government corruption; socialism | 28 | |
| 162408145 | Economic, 1914-now | Globalized economies; mercantilism in former colonies; poverty stricken countries; international debt | 29 | |
| 162408146 | Social, 1914-now | Spanish Flu (global epidemic); clear black majority making decolonization easier (apartheid in South Africa) | 30 | |
| 162408147 | Science, 1914-now | Slow technological development due to colonization, mercantilism, internal instability; miners; no money for industrial goods after WWI; oil (Nigeria) | 31 | |
| 162408148 | Art, 1914-now | Western artistic forms, religious art, native art (export) | 32 | |
| 162408149 | Empire, 1914-now | Decolonization = new sovereign nations | 33 | |
| 162408150 | Religion, 1914-now | Islam/Christianity/animism/atheists | 34 |