Deck 15: Africa C.A 1000-1700

Question 1

Between 1000 to 1700, Islam in Africa was generally (Global Perspective, pp. 362-363)

A) absent.
B) indistinguishable from Islam in Arabia.
C) similar in basic beliefs, but different in customs, compared to Islam in Arabia.
D) different in basic beliefs, but similar in customs, compared to Islam in Arabia.

Answer 1

similar in basic beliefs, but different in customs, compared to Islam in Arabia.

Question 2

Choose the correct chronological order for the following African kingdoms:

A) Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Benin, Kanem
B) Benin, Songhai, Kanem, Ghana, Mali
C) Mali, Songhai, Ghana, Kanem, Benin
D) Kanem, Ghana, Benin, Songhai, Mali

Answer 2

Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Benin, Kanem

Question 3

Ibn Battuta's description of East Africa in the fourteenth century suggests that the region was

A) virtually uninhabited.
B) under European control.
C) home to many Muslims.
D) hostile to the encroachment of Muslim beliefs.

Answer 3

home to many Muslims.

Question 4

What were the reasons for the popularity of Islam in East Africa? Discuss the importance of trade in the region.
Conceptual

Question 5

What was the extent of Islamic influence in the interior of Africa up to 1700? Discuss the importance of trade in these regions.
Conceptual

Question 6

What was the importance of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires to world history? Why was the control of trade across the Sahara so important to these kingdoms? What was the importance of Muslim culture to these groups? Why did all of the empires fail in these regions?
Conceptual

Question 7

What was the impact of the Portuguese on the east coast of Africa? Why was this European power able to gain control of certain coastal areas? What was the Portuguese impact on the African interior?
Conceptual

Question 8

Discuss the importance of Timbuktu in the development of the African regional economy. When was it founded and why did it prosper? How did it become known as an intellectual center?
Conceptual

Question 9

Why did the empires of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Kanem, Benin, and Kongo flourish? What was the nature of their political and economic organization? What role did leadership play? How would you define "Great Zimbabwe"?
Conceptual

Question 10

Discuss the diversity of Cape society in South Africa. Who were the Trekboers and what was their conflict with the Khoikhoi? How was the basis for apartheid formed at this time?
Conceptual

Question 11

Discuss the role of geography as a factor in the political, economic, social, and cultural development of Africa. How did African rulers seek to overcome the limitations of their geographical position? How successful were they in overcoming these limitations? How did geography play a positive role in African history?
Conceptual

Question 12

Discuss the impact of Islam in the kingdoms of West Africa and on East Africa. What were the similarities and
differences with regard to how these regions embraced Islamic culture?
Conceptual

Question 13

What factors led to the rise and fall of the Great Zimbabwe? What impact did trading and agricultural trends have on the development of the Great Zimbabwe?
Conceptual

Question 14

In which areas of Africa were the Portuguese most able to establish control and successful trading enterprises? In which areas were they not? What were the factors that enabled or prohibited success?
Conceptual

Question 15

Compare and contrast the presence and impact of the Portuguese, Dutch, Arabs, and Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa.
Conceptual

Question 16

In which areas of Africa did Islam experience the greatest and most long-lasting success and influence? What
were the reasons that explain its success, or lack thereof, in the various regions of Africa?
Conceptual