Chapter 16 Study Guide
Plateau RAISED BUT FLAT INTERIOR OF AFRICA
Salt traded for gold- ALSO GHANA CONTROLLED HOW MUCH WAS MINED
Control of trade routes-GHANA CONTROLLED THOSE THAT PASSED THROUGH
TOWNS
Sahara WORLDS LARGEST DESERT
Mansa Musa- establish Islam- BROUGHT IN SCHOLARS, ARTISTS AND TEACHERS
FROM HIS HAJJ
Why was Mali powerful?-GOLD-SALT TRADE, MANSA MUSA’S HAJJ AND THE
GROWTH OF HIS EMPIRE
Swahili- trade-CULTURE THAT DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF OVERSEAS TRADE
Ethiopia- Christianity- FIRST CHRISTIAN INFLUENCES HAPPENED HERE
City-States-MUSLIM CULTURE HAD MOST INFLUENCE IN EAST AFRICA HERE
Kings and nobles-RANKED JUST ABOVE TRADERS IN W. AFRICA
Ancestors, kinship, castes, and clans- AFRICANS HONOR ANCESTORS, VILLAGES ARE
MADE UP OF CLANS, FAMILY IN W. AFRICA HAD STRONG SENSE OF KINSHIP
Trade- not in the present-SUCCESS HAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO PRESENT DAY
Trade of ideas- TRADE HELPED PUT AFRICANS IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S
IDEAS
Songhai laws- BASED ON QURAN
Zagwe dynasty-MADE CHRISTIANITY PERMANENT IN ETHIOPIA
Rulers in Axum and Ethiopia-AXUM’S SUCCESS BECAUSE OF LOCATION- THESE
COUNTRIES DIFFERED BECAUSE OF RULERS
Iron-USED FOR TOOLS AND WEAPONS
Axum takeover of Kush- 325A.D. REPLACED IT AS CENTER OF TRADE
Dynasty-ZAGWE RULING FAMILY
Stonetowns-EAST-AFRICAN CITY-STATES
Essays:
1. Explain how trade benefited the life of early African people and helped to improve
societies. Use examples.
2. How did Arab culture influence early West African civilization?
3. Compare and contrast the arrival, spread, and influence of Christianity and Islam in East
Africa.
4. Explain the importance of family and kinship in West African cultures.
Also know GRIOTS, importance of salt,