AP World History Africa Flashcards

3377544896	Bantu Migration	1000 BCE-1700 AD; spread their language all through out Africa. They spread the use of iron through Africa too.	0
3377547229	Stateless Societies	places that were ruled by families that balanced the power among themselves and made decisions together.	1
3377549082	Animistic Religions	the belief in nature spirits.	2
3377549083	The Sahel	An area in Africa between the Sahara Desert in the north and the forests in the south. Many trades were exchanged here.	3
3377551228	The Savannah	An area of grasslands in Africa with an open canopy which allows light to reach the ground.	4
3377556889	Great Rift Valley	A huge trench in the rock with some of the deepest lakes and highest mountains in Africa.	5
3377556890	Victoria Falls	an ethno-religious group situated in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. They are also the largest Christian denomination in Sudan and Libya.	6
3377559449	Berbers	They live in scattered communities, live in North Africa. Muslims that have their own traditions and practices	7
3377559450	Copts	orthodox, they were tolerated by Muslims	8
3377560851	Kush	kingdom with gold mines, ivory and iron; very wealthy; located at the start of the Nile River; nobles thought they were Egyptians and did some of the same things; common people did the same things like the noble did but didn't think they were Egyptians	9
3377560852	Nubia	one of Africa's earliest kingdoms; known for gold, incense, and ivory; archers helped military strength; ruled Egypt for a century; located on the Nile River and what is now Sudan	10
3377561870	Axum	kingdom located on the southern part of the Red Sea; traded salt, gold, ivory, gems, and cloth; they had a written language and coins; Christianity became the major religion but was influenced by Arabs, Romans, and Greeks	11
3377563024	Mali	Country in West Africa. The eighth biggest country in Africa.	12
3377564221	Songhay	A state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. At it's peak it was one of the largest empires in Africa.	13
3377565375	Swahili	a Bantu language and the first language of the people.	14
3377565376	Mansa Musa	Ruler of Mali; known for his pilgrimage to Mecca; built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu; on his pilgrimage to Mecca, he showed off the wealth of Mali	15
3377568159	Ibn Batutta	Muslim, traveled the Muslim world and went on his Hajj; he was also a Moraccan scholar. Traveled many places and wrote accounts of everywhere he went. His stories are more reliable than Marco Polo's.	16