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Major differences between African civilizations and post classical societies:
A. african civilizations are built less clearly...
Which statement describes indigenous religion of sub-Saharan Africa?
B. animistic religion, power of natural forces, personified as deities
Which statement concerning economy is not correct in Africa?
D. market economy and self-sufficient agriculture
Sahel refers to:
A. grassland belt a southern edge of Sahara
What about the Sudanic state of Mali and Songhay is true?
B. terretorial core areas, people have same ethnic background
Most important Christian Kingdom in Africa?
Ethiopia
Which statement concerning Maliki people is most accurate?
D. Maliki society divided into clans of freemen, devoted to religion, tradesmen
nature of urbanization within Mali Empire:
B. Mali posessed port cities Gena? and Timbuktu which flourished
What accounted for collapse of Songhay?
B. invasions from Moroccan armies equipped with firearms
Relationship with Islam in Africa religion:
C. accomodated pagan practices in early stages of conversion to Islam
Institution of slavery in Muslim society:
A. stage of process of conversion of pagans to Islam
Songhay part of what African Empire?
Mali
Common cultural trait of urbanized ports in east Africa?
C. Bantu and Arabic Swahili language
nature of trade in east African towns:
D. international trade flourished in urbanized ports in east Africa
impact of Portugal arrival on east African coast?
A. great efforts to shift trade to their hands, but could not control trade
How did Islam's expansion create international trade with east Africa?
A. Islam expanded to southeast Asia and India providing religious trust... rulers...
to what extent Islam converting Africa?
C. areas near trading towns unaffected (?), converted little into interior
African societies organized around kinship and lacking organized African societies called what?
stateless
800-1500 contact increased, most significant impact on sub-Saharan Africa?
Islam
region of Africa first converted to Islam by 70 AD?
B. North Africa
what Sudanic kingdom declined by 1076 making way for new political organization
D. Ghana
Geographic location of Mali?
C. between Niger and Senegal Rivers
Military title taken by later rulers of Songhay?
D. Askia
Monarch credited with beginning Malinka expansion and creating Mali Empire?
Sunni-Data
Ruler responsible for creation of Songhay Empire?
Sunni-Ali