CP World History (Unit 3, #6) Name ______
Date ______Block ______
The Kingdoms and Trading States of Africa
I. Geography of Africa
A. Africa’s geography was very ______& Africans were lived ______based on where they lived
B. The ______is the world’s ______desert & acted as a ______to separate North Africa from sub-Saharan Africa
1. Characteristics of North Africa
a. Early societies of ______were influenced by Mediterranean cultures such as the Phoenicians & ______
b. By 750, North Africans were part of the ______Empire, converted to ______, & shared Arabic culture
2. Characteristics of Sub-Saharan Africa
a. African societies ______of the Sahara were ______& missed out on the cultural diffusion of the ______Era
b. While the societies of sub-Saharan Africa were diverse, they shared some similarities
i. Most societies lived in ______villages in ______-based clans
ii. Few societies had ______languages; Histories were shared ______by storytellers (griots)
iii. Made ______tools
iv. Sub-Saharan people were polytheistic: Practiced ______, a religion in which ______exist in nature &play a role in daily life
C. Bantu Migrations
1. Over the course of 4,000 years, ______peoples of central Africa ______south in search of farmland
2. These Bantu migrations helped spread new ______& ironworking techniques
II. East African Societies
A. The societies of ______participated in the ______network & were shaped by cultural diffusion:
1. The kingdom of Aksum ______with Persia, India, Arabia, & Rome; Aksum became a ______kingdom
2. Arab merchants introduced ______to East African trade cities
a. The mix of African & ______cultures led to a new ______language
b. Towns had ______& were ruled by a Muslim sultan
c. But many people kept their traditional ______beliefs
III. West African Empires
A. West Africa was were shaped by the ______trade network:
1. West Africans had large deposits of ______, but lacked ______
2. The ______connected North & West Africa
3. The gold-salt trade increased cultural diffusion with ______merchants
a. ______was introduced in West Africa & slowed gained ______
b. Many Africans ______Islam with animism or ______converted
B. The gold-salt trade led to ______& ______in West Africa
1. By 800, ______became an empire by taxing merchants, building a large ______, & conquering surrounding people
a. Ghana kings served as ______leaders, judges, & generals
2. Eventually Ghana was overthrown & the ______empire emerged
a. Mali’s King ______took over the Ghana kingdom & ______in West Africa
b. Sundiata created an ______gov’t, promoted ______, & controlled trade
c. The kings who ruled Mali after Sundiata converted to ______
d. The most important king was ______:
i. He built a 100,000 man ______to keep control over Mali
ii. He divided Mali into ______ruled by appointed ______
iii. Mansa Musa was a devout ______& went on a ______to Mecca in 1324
iv. Mansa Musa passed out ______to the people he met along the way
e. When he returned from Mecca, Mansa Musa built _ throughout Mali, including ______
i. This trade city attracted ______, doctors, religious leaders
ii. It had a ______& became an important center for ______
3. After Mansa Musa, Mali declined & was replaced by ______
a. Kings gained control of trade cities along the ______routes
b. Songhai grew into the ______of the West African empires
c. Its fall in 1591 ended a ______year era of ______in West Africa
IV. Conclusions:
A. African societies were transformed by two powerful forces:
1. ______with outsiders
2. Introduction of ______