Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

Identify the following terms. -Describe the characteristics of the various geographical regions of Africa. To what degree does access to, or lack of, water determine their boundaries?

Why did the spread of Islam tie African populations into a larger network than that of Christian conversion in Ethiopia? ​What effect did trade have versus religion? How did this help to elevate the awareness of African kingdoms?

Some archeologists claim that agriculture may have appeared first in Nubia rather than in the lower Nile valley.

Identify the following terms. -Nok culture

What are the possible explanations-geographical, political, religious, and economic-which kept the West in almost total ignorance of sub-Saharan Africa until relatively recent times?

Before Islam developed in Africa,

Identify the following terms. -Benin bronzes

Identify the following terms. -Karl Mauch/19th century Europeans

According to Swahili oral tradition, the founding of the Zanj ​

Identify the following terms. -Mansa Musa

The first conversion of rulers to Islam in Africa was the royal family of Gao.​

Identify the following terms. -African slavery

Identify the following terms. -Bantu

What were some of the possible factors that inhibited the growth of civilized "states" in southern Africa?

The geographical obstacle which divides Africa's northern coast from the rest of the continent

Identify the following terms. -Ghana and Saleh

Which of the following is the earliest form of surviving architecture found in Africa?

Identify the following terms. -Ethiopia

​One of the main reasons for the decline of the kingdom of Axum was

Identify the following terms. -the Garamantes