REALLY Old People
What is the name of the location in Africa where the MOST fossils have been found?
Olduvai Gorge
What was the first kingdom to appear in Africa?
The Kingdom of Aksum
What is the name for the people in East African coast who were a mix of Arab and African?
The Swahili
What does Imperialism mean?
The takeover of a government, culture, or trade by force
Which of these is correct:
A: You're throw was bad
B: Your throw was bad
B
What are the 3 stone ages called?
Old, Middle, and New
or
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
Who was the greatest king of Mali, also known as the richest man to ever live?
Mansa Musa
They speak the language of whoever ruled them
What is nationalism?
Pride in one's country
It was swearing too much
Who discovered the first fossil at Olduvai Gorge?
Mary Leakey
In Ethiopia, the practice Coptic Christianity. What is Coptic Christianity?
What is the name of the main trade route used in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The Middle Passage
Why did the British win at Rorke's Drift?
The British got to use their tactics to their fullest
What war almost happened between the US and UK in 1859?
The Pig War
Name 2 of the 3 African subcultures we talked about
Forest, Desert, and Savannah
What did Mansa Musa use his money to build?
Schools and/or Islamic churches
What was one of the side effects of the slave trade?
Africa's population dropped quickly/Africans started wars to capture more slaves
Why did the Zulu win their first battle with the British at Isandlwana?
The Horns of the Buffalo and/or The British underestimated the Zulu
What sport was responsible for a war between El Salvador and Honduras?
Soccer
When did people stop using stones and start using iron?
When we figured out how to melt and shape iron
1. Person A leaves their item for trade somewhere and leaves
2. Person B takes the item and leaves theirs for Person A
3. Person A retrieves the item from Person B
Name 2 of the 3 reasons Africans participated in the slave trade
1. They were selling their criminals and prisoners of war
2. Europe was willing to buy
3. It made them money
What was the name of the OTHER war we talked about that wasn't the Zulu?
The Boer War
I told you this on the first day of the semester. Let's see who remembers: What month is Ellie's birthday in? (hint: its somewhere between January and December)
December (More specifically, December 17th)