Swahili City States
What is Swahili's source of wealth?
Trading
Was Ghana in North Africa or West Africa?
West Africa
Who did the Kongo people trade well with at first?
What was Zimbabwe's wealth measured in?
The number of cattle you owned
What is the definition of imperialism?
When a militarily powerful country conquers a free land and rules it
Who did the Swahili trade with?
Zimbabwe, Arabia, India and China
What product did Ghana have a lot of? (gold or salt)
Gold
What three products did Kongo offer Portugal?
Copper, iron and ivory
Why did Europeans not want to admit that Africans had built Great Zimbabwe?
Europeans said that if Zimbabwe had no history or civilizations, then it was ok to make them slaves
What European countries took over most of Africa?
Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain
African and Arab culters
What product did Ghana want to get?
Salt
What religion did Portugal bring to Kongo?
Christianity
During the dry seasons, the farmer workers became ____.
Gold miners
What two countries were not ruled by Europe?
Liberia and Ethiopia
What did the Swahili get from Zimbabwe?
Gold, iron, and ivory
What barrier had to be crossed to conduct the gold-salt trade?
The Sahara Desert
What did Kongo eventually supply Portugal with?
African slaves
Which civilization operated the East African trading cities?
The Swahili
Why did Europeans say that it was ok to take over Africa and rule it?
Europeans claimed that Africa had no civilizations or history
Where are the Swahili? (North, south, west or east)
East Africa
When did Mali rise?
After Ghana fell
What did the Portuguese want these slaves for?
To work in the overseas land they had conquered
Why do we know so little about Great Zimbabwe?
They had no writing system, so they had no way to track their improvement or history
What was the real reason Europe took over most of Africa?
To make European countries more rich and powerful