Chapter 1 - African American History

Test Review #1

Akin in Ghana used the lost-wax method to create copper alloy ___?

Abrammo

___ was a confederation of settlements.

Ghana

Sunni Ali deployed his military forces on the ___ river.

Niger

What is another name for Ghana?

The land of the gold

Muhammad built a professional army out of ___ and ___.

Slaves and prisoners of war

Mansa Musa was a convert to what religion?

Islam

Muhammad assigned ___ to rule over the subdivisions of the empire. (governors)

Fari

Slaves came to Italy via ___?

North Africa

Most valuable source to trade?

Gold

Swahili is a ___ language, with some words from ___?

Bantu, arabic

Name the 4 linguistic groups

Niger-Congo

Trans-Saharan

Khoisan

Afro-Asiatic

How many linguistic groups are there?

4

Queen had a battalion of ___?

Women

___ consolidated the Malinke people to extend Mali's rule over the land owned by Ghana?

Sundiata Keita

Ghana's main source of gold came from?

Bambuk

The ___ empire became the wealthiest empire in West Africa.

Songhai

In African society, this was given to the daughter's family.

Brideswealth

___ is the birthplace of the West African political system.

Gao

What 3 rivers were used? (1 to 2 to 3)

Niger

Senegal

Gambia

What was going on in Mali in the beginning of the 14th century?

They were thriving and flourishing

What did Queen spend most of her reign doing?

Fighting wars with the Portuguese and the Dutch

Africa is ___x bigger than the U.S.

3

What zone does the continent of Africa mostly live within?

The intertropical convergence zone

What was West Africa's slave trade called?

Atlantic Slave Trade

What is desertification?

Extreme dry periods

What were traders representing specific families and ethic groups called?

Dyula

Where was good quality steel produced?

Sahara Desert fringe

What device blasts hot air into a fiery surface?

Tuyere

What job was considered a highly skilled craft?

Iron worker

What were iron workers thought to possess?

Magical religious powers

What were the Nok people known for?

Terracotta figures

What two rivers is Jo's Plateau between?

The Niger and Benue River

What is slip?

A wet-sticky substance like clay

What was indigenous to West Africa?

Copper mines

What brought Islam to the African interior?

West African trade routes

What year did Mali emerge as a power?

1235

The Kingdom of Songhai emerged triumphant after what?

The decline of Mali

Sunni Ali used what system?

The riverine system

N & E stand for ___?

North as Mediterranean

East as Egypt

Land ownership was ___ rather than private.

Collective