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37 Cards in this Set
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Death Road |
trade route connecting Western Africa to the Mediterranean
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Queen Nzinga
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promised to free all slaves in her kingdom
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Ghana
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grew wealthy from the salt and gold trade
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Songhai
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the largest empire in West Africa
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African Diaspora
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the spread of African culture around the world by enslave Africans
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Nile
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Africa’s longest river
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Bantu
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Fishing groups that migrated throughout Africa around 3000 BC
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Axum
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a city-state in Ethiopia
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Mansa Musa
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journeyed to Makkah in 1324
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Plateau
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an area of high flat land
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Sundiata Keita
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was a great warrior king who seized Ghana
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Benin
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an empire in the rainforest
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Camels
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ships of the desert
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Jazz
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developed from African music
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Plantations
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huge farms that grew crops for sale
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Swahili
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East Africa’s culture and language
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Clan
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a group of people descended from the same ancestor
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Griots
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storytellers
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Matrilineal
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tracing decent through mothers
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Islam
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spread form Arabia into Africa beginning in the AD 600’s
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Sunni Ali
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was the leader of the Songhai
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What animal did the Romans introduce?
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Camels
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What factor caused the emergence of artisans in the rain forest kingdoms?
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Good farming, Food Surpluses, trade
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When the king died who inherited the kingdom of Ghana
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King’s sister’s son
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The Swahili culture was influenced by which religion?
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Islam
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Traditional African religions believed in what?
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In a single supreme god
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How were children educated in medieval West Africa?
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Oral histories proverbs, whole village
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What major crop did Portugese grow using African slaves?
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Sugarcane
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Songs sung by African slave connected them to what?
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Homeland
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Why did Hans Vischer call the death road the death road?
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It crossed 1500 miles of Sahara Desert, Many dangers, little water, needed to find oasis
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Why did Ghana grow powerful?
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Taxed traders and had a big army
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What religion did King Ezana of Axum bring to Africa?
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Christianity, Islam
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Who were put in charge of Sundiata’s provinces?
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Generals
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What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?
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Pottery making and mining
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What changed the nature of slave trade in Africa?
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The arrival of Europeans
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What is the earliest known African art form?
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Cave painting
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Mansa Musa of Mali allowed different what?
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Religions |
