The Songhay kingdom was known for the "masters of land". What does this mean?
They were farmers and herders
100
What was the main religional influence in Eastern Africa?
Islam
100
Most of the Africa "governments" were what type, in the begining of the post-classical period?
clan or tribal
100
What was the site of the largest central African stone building?
The Great Zimbabwe
100
Between 800 and 1500, as the frequency and intensity of contact with the outside world increased, what was the most significant impact on sub-Saharan Africa?
the arrival of Islam
200
When it came to lineage, many Sudanic societies were
matrilineal
200
What type of religion excisted in Africa prior to outside influence ?
Animism and polytheism
200
By the 15th century what type of state had formed in the Great Zimbabwe?
a centralized one
200
What central African kingdom was developed in weaving, blacksnithing, and carving skills?
The Kingdom of the Kongo
200
What part of Africa was fought over constantly as a supply soucre?
North Africa
300
What were the specialists who mastered the oral traditions of the Malinke and by knowing the past were considered excellent advisors to the kings called?
griots
300
How did the Muslims view slavery?
As a stage in the process of conversion
300
What was the main source of income for East Africa?
Trade and commerce
300
What innovation accounted for the downfall of the Songhay empire?
The firearms used by the Moroccan army in an invasion
300
What was the first Grassland Kingdom?
Ghana
400
What was the function of secret societies in African culture?
Because their membership cut across lineage divisions, they acted to maintain stability within the community and diminish clan feuds.
400
What was the first universal religion to take root in Africa?
Coptic Christianity
400
What Islamic concept strngthened the Sudanic kings' position as rulers?
The Muslim concept of a ruler who united civil and religious authority
400
The objects found in central Nigeria were made of what?
Terra-cotta and bronze
400
What was typical of the African societies not affected by either Islam or Christianity?
lack of systems of writing
500
What was one of the most obvious merges of culture in East Africa? (Hint: the result was a combination of styles and words)
The spoken and written languages
500
What was the major religious bird associated as the link between thw world and the spirits? (Hint: Great Zimbabwe)
The eagle
500
What was ideal about the placement of the grassland kingfoms?
They were in the Sahel so they were key points of trade as the traders from the desert looked to trade with inlanders.
500
In what city were massive amounts of art objects benn found? (Hint: central Nigeria)
Nok
500
How did contact with the Muslim world affect the African slave trade?
With the Muslim conquests of North Africa and commercial penetration to the south, slavery became a more widely diffused phenomenon and the slave trade developed rapidly.