The Shona People
Where did the ancestors of the Shona people originally come from?
What is West Africa (Nigeria)?
This is how people showed respect to the chief of Zimbabwe.
What is crawling on their stomachs?
The Shona built their towns using this material without mortar or cement.
What is stone blocks?
Where was the Kingdom of Kilwa located?
What is on an island off the coast of present-day Tanzania?
Both Zimbabwe and Kilwa became wealthy through this economic activity.
What is trade?
What major event around 100 A.D. caused the Shona to leave their homeland?
What is a sudden population explosion?
The people of Zimbabwe viewed their chief as this.
What is a god/god-like figure?
List three goods that Zimbabwe traded to coastal merchants.
What is gold, ivory, and salt?
This was the most valuable item traded in Kilwa.
What is gold?
Zimbabwe was an inland kingdom, while Kilwa was this type of kingdom.
Answer: What is a coastal kingdom?
The Shona people settled in Zimbabwe around this time period.
What is 1200 A.D.?
This is what was expected of a chief when he grew old in Zimbabwe.
What is taking poison?
Name three countries or regions that Zimbabwe traded with indirectly through coastal city-states.
What is India, China, and Persia (or the Arab world)?
This language was spoken in Kilwa and combined Bantu and Arabic traditions.
What is Swahili?
These two cultures influenced the development of Swahili culture in Kilwa.
What is Arab and African cultures?
This is the language spoken by the Shona people.
What is Shona?
Name the three main structures in Zimbabwe's capital city.
What is a palace, temple, and fortress?
This was the real source of Zimbabwe's power and wealth.
What is trade?
Why was Kilwa's location on the coast so important to its success?
What is it provided easy access to sea trade routes and the Indian Ocean trade network?
Kilwa taxed merchants and controlled the gold trade, while Zimbabwe controlled gold and other resources. What did they both use to become wealthy?
What is controlling valuable trade goods?
Explain why the Shona population explosion forced them to migrate to a new land.
What is the land could not feed/support everyone anymore?
Explain why Zimbabwe's system of replacing old chiefs with younger, healthier ones was beneficial to the kingdom.
What is it kept Zimbabwe strong/ensured only capable leaders ruled?
Explain how Zimbabwe's inland location actually helped it become powerful through trade.
What is it controlled valuable resources from the interior that coastal merchants wanted to trade?
Kilwa declined in power during this century when Portuguese explorers arrived.
What is the 15th century?
Explain one key difference between how Zimbabwe and Kilwa became powerful trading centers.
: What is Zimbabwe controlled interior resources and traded through coastal cities, while Kilwa was directly on the coast and served as a major trading hub/port?