African Climate and Migration
This climate zone led to the least amount of settlements and developments in Africa
Deserts
This image shows what economic development of the Aksum Empire?
Creation of their own currency
Based on the map, explain why the empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai were able to be successful.
They all had access to tradeable goods such as gold and salt and flourished on the Trans Saharan Trade Network
What role did Griot's play within Africa?
They were storytellers and musicians who recoreded history.
African societies such as Great Zimbabewe utilited stone structures like the Great Enclosure for what reason?
Military Defense
This reason best explains the development of settlements in the Sahel region of West Africa.
Close proximity to trade across the Sahara desert with North Africa and Europe
Other than the creation of the economic development, what other societical impact did this empire have on culture?
Creation of their own language, the Ge'ez.
This group of people spread this religion on trade routes into Ghana, Mali and Songhai. (need both the group and religion
Islam and Merchants
Timbuktu housed one of these, which was the one of the largest in the world and premoted a book exchange.
Library
This is the most common form of kinship that exsisted in Africa.
Patrilineal Kinship
This trade network crossed over the Sahara Desert to connect West Africa with Europe
Trans Saharan Trade Network
This image shows the Nok was a complex civilization by creating (looking for specific name of the sculptures)
terracotta sculptures with intricate designs
This event led to the creation of the Catalan Atlas in 1375
Mansa Musa's Hajj to Mecca
Africans experienced syncretism with African spirituality and this religion.
Christianity
Significant roles in Africa such as *these* were commonly held by women
spiritual leaders, political advisors, market traders, educators, and agriculturalists.
This was a major cause of Bantu Migration
Population growth leading to a lack of food/resources
Both the Nok and the Aksum were considered complex societies which contradicted what European belief?
Africans lacked culture, sophistication, and advancement.
Based on the image, what two resources did the Mali attempt to trade for with the Europeans?
Name one of the 5 traditional African spirituality practices.
1. Ancestor veneration
2. Divination
3. Healing practices
4. Music and dance
5. Community building
Describe the legacy of Queen Idia.
Her ivory mask was adopted as the symbol for black women's leadership in 1977.
This was the largest effect of the spread of the Bantu people's.
The spread of linguistic influence (language) to southern and eastern Africa.
What was the name of the third ancient society we looked at behind the Nok and Askum?
Nubian
This is the best explaination that led to the decline of the Mali, Ghana and Songhi empires in the 16th and 17th century.
Trade had shifted from overland trade on the Trans Saharan Trade Network to maritime trade in the Atlantic ocean, causing economic downturn.
Give an example of syncretism existed between African and European religions.
African Christians often prioritize the building of relationships and community over strict adherence to organizational structures.
African Christians often seek healing and deliverance from God and also through traditional African methods such as herbal remedies and divination.
What are reasons African's traveled to Europe prior to the slave trade.
diplomatic, educational, and religious reasons.