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Rise of Islam
North & West Empires
Eastern City-States
Southern Empires
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The successors to Muhammad and his empire.

Caliphs

100
What group were able to first seize the Sahara Desert for trade?

Ghana

100
The reason Portugal attacked the Eastern City-States.

To take control of their gold and trade routes.

100

The founder of the Mutapa Empire.

Mutota

100

The name of the chief of security for the Philadelphia Eagles

Dom DiSandro "Big Dom"

200

The city Muhammad is forced to flee from persecution. 

Mecca

200
How the Moroccan army was able to easily defeat Songhai.

The use of gunpowder.

200

The Islamic leaders of Eastern City-States.

Sultans.

200

The reason Great Zimbabwe was abandoned in 1450 CE.

We don't know.

200

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x = 15
300

The reason for the Sunni Shi'a split.

The Umayyad Caliphs moved the capital to Damascus and began trading and making alliances with non Islamic nations.

300

Ibn Battuta often wrote about the lackluster what of other nations?

Religious standards or morality. 

300

Swahili is the blending of which two cultures?

Bantu and Arabian

300

The meaning of the word Mutapa.

Conqueror.

300
The Muppet that was famously created as a satire version of Richard Nixon.

Sam the Eagle

400

Two of the rights women had under the Islamic Empire.

Ability to enroll in all levels of education, own property, and run businesses independently. 

400

Songhai rebellions began due to what?

The immortal actions of Mali's leaders // Failure to follow Islamic Law.

400

The solution to rural Bantu people refusing to convert to Islam.

The mass capture and enslavement of Bantu people to sell to India.

400

The reason Great Zimbabwe and Mutapa were not able to become rich off their gold mines.

They were too far from North Africa to trade their goods efficiently, forcing them to rely on other means for income.
400

The four states of matter.

Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma

500

Explain why the House of Wisdom was revolutionary for its time period.

The House of Wisdom provided free public education and science in an age where other religions actively suppressed all learning and literature. 

500

Define Annexation. 

The takeover and transformation of a smaller nation into a vassal state that is forced to pay tribute.

500

The port city Kilwa controlled to be the strongest Eastern City State.

Sofala.

500

Explain how Portugal was able to finally conquer the Mutapa Empire.

After failing their first invasion, Portugal bribed and supplied a rebel leader to take over the nation and become the puppet ruler of Mutapa for Portugal.

500

This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.

Time