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AMSCO Ch. 9 Study Guide: Expansion of African Trade

Intro (p. 161)
1. Who was Ibn Battuta and how do his commentaries show the syncretic influence of African traditions on
the practice of Islam?

The Migrations of Bantu-Speakers (p. 161- 163)

2. Where did the Bantu migrations begin?

3. What crops of the Bantus allowed them to produce a surplus of food?

4. What two factors were incentives for the Bantus to “move on”?

5. How were banana introduced to Sub-Saharan Africa and what effect did the cultivation of bananas have on
the Bantus?

6. What technological advantage did the bantus have over the tribes they met during their migrations?

7. What diseases did the Bantus introduce to the tribes they encountered?

8. How did the encounter with the people near the Great Lakes of Africa affect the lifestyle of some Bantus?

9. What is a matrilineal society?

10. Describe the Bantu concept of a single god.

11. Describe the Bantu art, music and oral history tradition.

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Political Structures in Inland Africa (p. 163 - 164)
12. Describe the political structure of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Islam’s Impact on Trade (p.164-166)

13. Why was the camel well adapted to Trans-Saharan trade?

14. What were the advantages of different versions of camel saddles?

15. What did foreign merchants seek from West African merchants?

16. What did the foreign merchants exchange with the West African merchants?

17. What was the political structure of the coast cities of East Africa and what was the collective name given
to these cities?

18. What items were sold/supplied by the Africans to Islamic merchants?

19. What did the Africans get in return?

20. How did the architecture of coastal cities reflect the prosperity of their trade?

Political Structures of West and East Africa (p. 167-170)

21. What was the first of the great West African kingdoms and when did it reach its peak of influence?

22. Who was the founder of Mali? What part did religion play in the trade relationships established during his
reign?

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23. Describe the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) of Mansa Musa and its consequences to the reputation of Mali?

24. How did Mansa Musa’s journey affect his principal city of Timbuktu?

25. What kingdom eventually conquered the Mali Kingdom and how did it affect the practice of Islam in the
area?

26. What was the most powerful East African kingdom and what monumental architecture attests to the wealth
of the kingdom?

Social Structures of Sub-Saharan Africa (p. 170-171)

27. How did small African communities divide work?

28. What is the difference between matrilineal and matriarchal?

29. What is a hajib and why did African women not follow that practice?

30. How did people increase their social status in societies where private property did not exist?

31. What effect did the arrival of Islam have on the slave trade in Africa?

32. Why did Arab traders prefer women slaves?

33. What is a eunuch?

34. Who were the Zanj and what was the Zanj Rebellion?

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Cultural Life in Sub-Saharan Africa (p. 171-173)
35. Give two examples of sub-Saharan activities that indicated that their religion included ancestor
veneration?

36. Why did people both venerate and fear the griots?

37. What was the role of the griotte in sub-Saharan Africa?

38. Describe the Swahili language.

39. What was the first non-African religion to take hold in Africa?

40. What is an example of syncretism in the Ethiopian Christian community?

Historical Perspectives (p. 173-174)

41. Why did European consider Africans to be “people without a past”?

42. What effect did Ross Dunn’s book have on the perception of “post-classical” Africa?

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