AP world history ch 19 terms bentley Flashcards

14820285560	stateless societies	term realating to societies such as those of sub saharan africa after the Bantu migrations that featured decentralized rule through family and kinship groups instead of strongly centralized rule.	0
14820285561	Sundiata	founder of the Mali empire (r 1230-1255) also the inspiration of Sundiata, the african literary and mythological work. he won gold control.	1
14820285562	Mali	west african kingdom founded in the 13th century by Sundiata; it reached its peak under Mansa Musa	2
14820285563	Mansa Musa	Sundiata's grand nephew who ruled Mali from 1312-1337 during its high point. he observed Islamic traditions and made a pilgrimmage to Mecca	3
14820285564	Swahili	east African city state that dominated the coast and was active in trade	4
14820285565	Swahili city states	port cities in convienient locations in east Africa (malindi, mosambique, Zanzibar, Lamu etc) they were goverened by a king who supervised trade and organized public life	5
14820285566	kingdom of Kongo	central African state that began trading with Portugese	6
14820285567	Ghana	Kingdom in West Africa during the 5th - 13th centuries whose rulers eventually converted to Islam. power and wealth of this kingdom were based on dominating trans-saharan trade	7
14820285568	qadi	islamic judges	8
14820285569	zimbabwe	"dwelling of a chief" complex stone structures	9
14820285570	the great zimbabwe	maginificent stone complex near modern day zimbabwe	10
14820285571	Ibn Battuta	moroccan traveler who visted many west african places and recorded and reported what he saw. he was offended by the lack of modesty in the area he went to	11
14820285572	faqih	legal scholar	12
14820285573	zanj	black slaves from swahili coast; they labored under awful conditions	13
14820285574	the zanj revolt	led by Ali bin Muhammad in 869, thousands of zanj slaves revolted and captured Basra, the most important city in mesopotamia. demonstrated that african slavery was so porminent in Muslim society	14
14820285575	animism	religious belief that natural things (trees, rivers, rocks) and animals have spirtual essence	15
14820285576	diviners	intelligent people who had innate abilities to meditate between human and supernatural worlds and ask gods for help with questions or problems	16
14820285577	axum	a city and kingdom in northern ethiopia that was a major naval trading power	17
14820285578	kebra negast	"the glory of the kings" an acount written about the line of rulers descending from king soloman and david	18
14820285579	griots	oracle stroytellers	19
14820285580	Native religions of sub-Saharan Africa	-pagans w/ diviners (Kongo, smaller societies) -Islam (from north Africa- Ghana, Zimbabwe)	20
14820285581	Gender relations in sub-Saharan Africa	-high honor b/c they were sources of life -could have limited jobs (making pottery, trading, planting and harvesting crops) - domestic work	21
14820285582	How did Islam help facilitate trade in Africa?	- improved relations and cooperation with Muslims in northern Africa	22
14820285583	Mansa Musa- influence on Mali?	-grand nephew of Sundiata (founder of Mali) -ruler of Mali during high point -wealthiest king in the world (gold) -promoted Islam - created strong centralized govt that outlived the Mali Empire	23
14820285584	Bantu political structure	stateless society	24
14820285585	Stateless society	-Bantu political structure -NO hierarchy/ govt officials -male heads of families formed councils and kinship groups	25
14820285586	How did Mali become wealthy?	-taxes on trade	26
14820285587	What helped establish sub-Saharan trade routes?	-camels -Islam	27
14820285588	What were the Swahili city states? What were they heavily involved in?	- east African coast - Mogadishu, Lamu, Malindi, Momvasa, Zanzibar, Kilwa, Mozambique, Sofala - TRADE!!	28
14820285589	The remarkable oral tradition of sub-Saharan Africa was preserved primarily by	professional singers and griots	29
14820285590	The story of Sundiata was about	the heroic deeds of the lion prince in establishing the Mali empire	30
14820285591	Trade and communications networks were slower to penetrate sub-Saharan Africa compared to other regions because	there was formidable geographic barriers to overcome (Sahara desert)	31
14820285592	The earliest Bantu migrants were	agriculturalists	32
14820285593	The kingdom of Kongo maintained a royal currency system based on	cowries from the Indian Ocean	33
14820285594	The arrival of camels in Africa	quickened the pace of communication across the Sahara	34
14820285595	Koumbi-Saleh was to the kingdom of Ghana as	Niani was to the Mali Empire	35
14820285596	Swahili refers to the peoples of	the east African coast.	36
14820285597	Great Zimbabwe was	a capital city built of stone	37
14820285598	After the eleventh century, the slave trade became increasingly important in Africa because	demand for slaves in foreign markets outstripped the supply	38
14820285599	Unlike many other religions, African religion did not concern itself with matters of	theology	39