Early Medieval African Civilizations
Which group migrated South, spreading farming practices and potentially marrying groups they found?
Medieval Mali traded in which two goods
gold and salt
Which term describes dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
corruption
What desert covers a stretch of the North of Africa?
Sahara Desert
True
True or False: The Niger River Valley was organized in one state under an emperor
False: Urban city states
What was the trade across the North African desert called?
The Trans-Saharan desert
In the 1970s Nigeria didn't have a democracy, instead there was
military rule
Africa's status as the place humans came from, as well as its population of apes, leads to a vulnerability to
disease
What modern day country was the port city of Kilwa in?
Tanzania
What religion was Aksum?
Christian
What does Mansa mean?
Ruler
Describe one of Nigeria's ethnic groups and their religion
Hausa-Fulani = Muslim
Igbo = Christian
Yoruba = Christian
Which term describes how the first people came from Africa?
cradle of civilization
What terrorist group abducted girls from a boarding school?
Boko Haram
to honor the dead
What happened when Mansa Musa went on Hajj?
He was so generous giving alms he crashed the economy of the areas he went through
Nigeria's oil dependence, and the ownership of these resources by foreign companies, leads to its description as
A rentier state
The parts of Africa more suitable for Africa in the North and the South are the ____ zones
temperate
What are Nigeria's 3 traditional jobs?
H
F
T
Hunting, Farming, Trading
Is Aksum in
East
West
South
Or North Africa?
East
An oral storytelling tradition is called a
griot
How did the colonization of Africa shape Nigeria today
3 ethnic groups within one country.
British favoured Christian groups leading to hostility
Why is it argued that Africa didn't develop animal agriculture?
The continent's own native animals proved impossible to domesticate.
Swahili