AP AFRAM Basics
This continent is often considered to be the birthplace of humanity.
What is Africa
This climate zone is characterized as the transition zone between the savannas in the Sudan and the Saharan Desert
Sahel/semiarid
This kingdom was known for it's wealth of gold, system of writing called hieroglyphics, and for engineering feats like the construction of the pyramids.
Egypt
Kinship, in (most) West African societies is based off of this lineage
Matrilineal or mother's bloodline
This East African society was famous as a trade hub, characterized by its massive stone walls
Great Zimbabwe
This city attracted attention from Europe and the Middle East, allowing it to become a wealthy trans-Saharan trade hub in the Mali Empire, and also became a center of exchange of learning and cultural ideas
Timbuktu
AP African American Studies is the direct result of what social movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s?
What is the Black Campus Movement
This is the largest hot desert in the world
The Sahara
This ancient African society was known for being the first Christian African kingdom under the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and for developing it's own currency
Aksum
This West Sudanic leader is responsible for the conversion of Mali to Islam and known for his vast wealth in gold which attracted attention from European and Arabic nations.
Mansa Musa
This West Central African kingdom converted to Catholicism in 1491 under King Nzinga a Nkuwu, also known as Joao I.
Kingdom of Kongo
African rulers often visited these Iberian countries for diplomatic, educational, and religious purposes, whereas enslaved Africans served in roles ranging from domestic labor to boatmen, guards, entertainers, vendors, and knights.
Spain and Portugal
This word refers to the scattering of people.
What is diaspora
Bodies of water, such as oceans, seas, and rivers, affected this essential human interaction in Africa
Trade
This group of people developed the language that is the base for hundred of languages who share the same namesake
Bantu people
This leader of the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba led a 30 year long war against the Portuguese and offered sanctuary to those who escaped Portuguese enslavement
Queen Nzinga or Njinga
The West African tradition of storytelling was used to preserve culture, traditions, and history, oftentimes through music which would be performed what musician/storyteller.
Griot
These two sought after commodities were the most valuable goods in the trans-Saharan trade
Gold and salt
AP African American Studies combines an multidisciplinary approach and scholarly rigor to analyze the history, culture, and contributions of what TWO groups of people?
African Americans and people of the African diaspora/Afrodescendents
The fertile land in this climate zone of Africa allowed for the development of farming and animal husbandry, which led to the creation of large population centers.
Savanna
This ancient African society was known for its conquest of Egypt with the establishment of a dynasty of Black Pharaohs
Nubia/Kush
This ruler from West Central Africa wrote a letter to the king of Portugal asking him to stop the slave trade using Christianity to persuade Joao III.
Afonso I or Nzinga Mbemba
This west African kingdom was well known by the Middle East and Europe for it's strategic trade hub locations near gold mines, was founded by the Soninke people, and whose name means warrior.
Ghana
The conversion of the Kongo to Catholicism led to impacted what part of it's relationship with Portugal?
Trade
African American studies seeks to dispel misconceptions and stereotypes of this geographical place
Africa
Variations in climate led to the forceful trade between people of different climate zones such as the deserts and savannas, for what vital resources?
Food and water (salt is accepted)
This ancient African society was known for their artistic contributions such as realistic terracotta sculptures of people and animals, as well as their pottery which displayed their complexity as a society
Nok
Daily Double: This leader, who is referred to as the Lion of Mali and is said to have had magical powers, is considered to be the founder of the Empire of Mali, and is the main character of a famous Malian epic.
Sundiata Keita
These trading city states were known for their lucrative trade with South and East Asia until the Portuguese invaded and conquered this region whose name comes from the Arabic word sawahil.
The start of the slave trade in West and Central Africa was fueled by the Portuguese's development of this labor system on the Atlantic islands of Sao Tome and Cabo Verde
Plantation system