Study Guide
for Chapter 11 – Kingdoms and
Trading States of Africa Terms
and People to Know
Ch.
11 Sec. 1 pgs 339-345
Sahara
Desert savannas cataracts
The Great Rift Valley
desertification Bantu
The
Kingdom of Nubia Kush Piankhi
Meroe King Natakamani Queen Amanitere
Kingdom
of Axum
King Ezana
Carthage St.
Augustine Hippo The Meiji restoration
Ch.
11 Sec. 2 pgs 346 – 351
Senegal River Niger River Lake Chad
surplus berbers salt
commodity Ghana
Mali
Kumbi Saleh Almoravids
Mandinka
Sundiata Empire of Mali Mansa Musa
Timbuktu Songhai Sonni Ali
Askia Muhammad
Sankore Mosque History
and
Description of Africa
Leo
Africanus Gao
Askia Daud Ahmad
al-Mansur
Kingdom of Benin Hausa
Benin City Ife
Kano Muhammad Rumfa Amina
Zazzau Zaria
Ch.
11 Sec. 3 pgs 352-356
Kingdom
of Axum Adulis
Axum
King Ezana Ethiopia King Lalibela
geez Beta
Ghiorgis The Glory of Kings
Falasha
Kilwa Mogadishu
Mombasa
Sofala Lamu
Zanzibar
Ibn Battuta Rihlah Swahili
Limpopo River Great
Zimbabwe Sofala
Ch.
11 Sec. 4 pgs 357-365
Nuclear
family patrilineal
matrilineal lineage consensus Dogon
dancer Kingdom of the Kongo
Kente
cloth
Ideas
to understand
•
Describe and explain how African geography provided an almost
impenetrable barrier to outsiders.
•
Describe and explain how the role of women and an oral tradition
of
history helped preserve African culture and society.
• Describe and explain the
development of
cultures and city states in Africa.