AcceleratedAfrica Study Guide

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a dry area where few plants grow, receiving less than ten inches of rain a year

Desert

in Africa, a strip of dry grassland between a desert and a savanna

Sahel –

sheltered area of water, a safe docking place for ships

Harbor –

Savanna

• A region containing tall grasses, some tress and shrubs

Matrilineal

Relating to the system of tracing descent through the female of the family

Male Female

PatrilinealRelating to the system of tracing desent through the male of the family

Male Female

Oasis – a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from underground wells or

underground springs

Commerce – buying and ________ of goods on a large scale (______).

selling

trade

Delta

Delta – A triangular area formed by deposits at the mouth of a river.

flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods

Flood plain –

Monsoon

• A wind system that switches direction seasonally and brings very dry or very wet seasons. These occur most often in Africa and Asia.

Kinship- the relationship among family members

•Mothers•Fathers•Sisters•Brothers•Aunts•Uncles Cousins

What type of kinship do you have in your family?

Plateau

Sahel

Desert

Mansa Musa

What characteristic of a civilization does this depict?

What are the Five Characteristics of a Civilization?

•Stable food supply

•System of government

•Social Levels

•Specialization of labor

•Highly developed culture

Stable Food Supply •Farming w/ excess to trade at Kumbi

•Herding livestock to use their hide

Specialization of Labor •Farmers, traders, specialized army soldiers, craftsmen

Social Levels •King (Mansa)

•Army General & Government Official

•Craftsman, Merchant

•Farmer

System of Government •Taxes taken by the king’s official

•Public works created for the people from the taxes collected thru trade

Highly Developed Culture

•Oral Traditions – Griot

•Call & Response showing culture

The Nok peopleFrom present day Nigeria

Lived here from 500 BC to AD 200

Used iron to make tools for farming which allowed more to be grown and easier to reap while iron made the weapons more efficient.

What things other than goods were exchanged between North African traders & West African Traders?

• Ideas

• Religious thinking – specifically Islam

• Scholarship – education

• Information about new inventions

Why was the delta important to the Nok civilization and the city of

Jenne-jeno?• Delta provided rich dirt to use for farming

• River the delta formed on would provide trade opportunities

• Fresh water for crops, drinking, cooking, washing

17. What effect did the spread of Islam have upon the people of Ghana? Part 1

• Education valued – scholars began to come to this area; reading & writing become important with traditional stories preserved

• Arabic language spoken

• Trade increased

• Architecture changed

• Became monotheistic

How did Islam effect the later West African Kingdoms?

• They became patrillineal regarding the king and succession

• Became a monotheistic culture• Use Shari’ah which was written• Adopted Arabic as a written language so

they changed from relying solely on oral history

• Because an important cultural center

Explain why a griot was an important part of West

African culture.•Kept the stories and history of the past•Kept the genealogy of the village•Taught the customs to others

Identify whether the African

kingdoms used a matrilineal or

patrilineal system of tracing decent through a family.

Patrilineal

19. Part 1

Explain why the patrilinal system was used & how it effected the succession f

the king.•Changed due to the adoption of Islamic law•Kings eldest son became king rather than the eldest son of his sister•Ect…

19. Part 2

Homework:

• Test tomorrow – 3/