AMSCO AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards

11665936032	Malaria	disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood	0
11665936034	Congo River	river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, where a major civilization developed.	1
11665936035	Ibn Battuta	8th century Moroccan traveler known as the greatest traveler known of pre-modern times	2
11665936036	Camel Saddle	invention that gives more stability to camel riders, travelled along the trans-Saharan caravan trade route.	3
11665936038	Eunuchs	castrated males, originally in charge of protection of the rulers concubines; later had a major roles in government; especially in China or Islamic civilization	4
11665936039	Ali Bin Muhammad	led by the Zanj revolt (rebellion against the slaves abbasid)	5
11665936040	Zanj Rebellion	major uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate which took place from 869-883	6
11665936041	Griots	west-African story-teller, the conduits of history for the community	7
11665936042	Rock Churches	11 churches in present day Lalibela, built into the ground, carved in Ethiopia	8
11665936043	San	a member of the original peoples of Southern Africa (bushmen), group of khoisian languages spoken by the san	9
11665936044	Indian Ocean Trade	worlds richest maritime trade network that was essential for the property of East Africa to Southern China	10
11665936045	Trans-Sahara Trade	requires travel across the Sahara to reach sub-Sahara Africa from North Africa (involved camels)	11
11665936047	Timbuktu	the centre of Islamic learning in West Africa; Capital of Mali Empire	12
11665936048	Gao	a very wealthy, developed city in Mali, located along the niger River	13
11665936050	Swahili city-states	created by Indian Ocean Trade, means 'coasters', referring to the inhabitants of commercial centers, the Bantu language was used here	14
11665936051	Mombasa	costal city of East Africa that was an important trade center	15
11665936052	Zanj Coast	19th century political foundation established by the Omani Sultanate on the Swahili coast	16
11665936053	Matrilineal Descent	Kinship System in which ancestral descent is traced through maternal lines	17
11665936059	Mali	In west Africa, Home of the great African empire; extremely wealthy	18
11665936061	Mansa Musa	Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa; made famous pilgrimage to Mecca, established trade routes to Middle East, gave gold away during his pilgrimage	19
11665936063	Songhay	Successor state to Mali, dominated middle reaches of Niger Valley, formed as an independent kingdom under a Berber dynasty, capital was Gao, reached an imperial status under the ruler Sonni Ali and was the last great state	20
11665936064	Zimbabwe	Most powerful kingdom in the 12th To 15th century, a landlocked republic in south-central africa	21
11665936065	Great Zimbabwe	Capital had a great stone wall enclosing it, found in southeast Africa was a major source of gold.	22