African Civilizations and Trade Quiz

African Civilizations and Trade: Key Facts and Decline

• The danger of a “single story” leads to stereotypes, which focus on differences instead of similarities, robbing people of dignity.
• Major civilizations of Medieval Africa settled in West and East Africa, which had access to water, moderate climate, and fertile soil ideal for trade.
• Africa's most rich natural resources are oil, gold, diamonds, and salt.
• Mansa Musa's major accomplishments include opening new trade routes, encouraging and protecting visiting caravans, and maintaining economic gains by keeping a standing army.
• Trans-Saharan trade routes traded imports and exports; main exports were gold, ivory, salt, and textiles, and main imports were books, slaves, cotton cloth, iron bars, kola nuts, perfumes, beads, cowries, and copper.
• Islam spread in sub-Saharan Africa through trans-Saharan trade, and the tolerance shown to Muslims allowed it to become the primary religion of West Africa.
• The Sahara Desert's harsh conditions and large distances between civilizations made trans-Saharan trade difficult.
• Monsoon winds made trading across the Indian Ocean easier and more predictable.
• Ghana declined due to Muslim groups taking over trade centers and spreading Islam, allowing smaller states to break away and weaken the empire.
• Mali declined due to attacks from Berbers, rainforest warriors, and Songhai rebels.
• Songhai declined due to internal conflict after the death of Askia Muhammad and invasions by Moroccan soldiers with guns and cannons.
• Aksum declined due to isolation from trade, environmental factors, and the Justinian Plague, while the Swahili Coast declined due to conflict with Portuguese control of trade and commerce in the Indian Ocean.

African Civilizations and Trade: Key Facts and Decline

• The danger of a “single story” leads to stereotypes, which focus on differences instead of similarities, robbing people of dignity.
• Major civilizations of Medieval Africa settled in West and East Africa, which had access to water, moderate climate, and fertile soil ideal for trade.
• Africa's most rich natural resources are oil, gold, diamonds, and salt.
• Mansa Musa's major accomplishments include opening new trade routes, encouraging and protecting visiting caravans, and maintaining economic gains by keeping a standing army.
• Trans-Saharan trade routes traded imports and exports; main exports were gold, ivory, salt, and textiles, and main imports were books, slaves, cotton cloth, iron bars, kola nuts, perfumes, beads, cowries, and copper.
• Islam spread in sub-Saharan Africa through trans-Saharan trade, and the tolerance shown to Muslims allowed it to become the primary religion of West Africa.
• The Sahara Desert's harsh conditions and large distances between civilizations made trans-Saharan trade difficult.
• Monsoon winds made trading across the Indian Ocean easier and more predictable.
• Ghana declined due to Muslim groups taking over trade centers and spreading Islam, allowing smaller states to break away and weaken the empire.
• Mali declined due to attacks from Berbers, rainforest warriors, and Songhai rebels.
• Songhai declined due to internal conflict after the death of Askia Muhammad and invasions by Moroccan soldiers with guns and cannons.
• Aksum declined due to isolation from trade, environmental factors, and the Justinian Plague, while the Swahili Coast declined due to conflict with Portuguese control of trade and commerce in the Indian Ocean.

African Civilizations and Trade: Key Facts and Decline

• The danger of a “single story” leads to stereotypes, which focus on differences instead of similarities, robbing people of dignity.
• Major civilizations of Medieval Africa settled in West and East Africa, which had access to water, moderate climate, and fertile soil ideal for trade.
• Africa's most rich natural resources are oil, gold, diamonds, and salt.
• Mansa Musa's major accomplishments include opening new trade routes, encouraging and protecting visiting caravans, and maintaining economic gains by keeping a standing army.
• Trans-Saharan trade routes traded imports and exports; main exports were gold, ivory, salt, and textiles, and main imports were books, slaves, cotton cloth, iron bars, kola nuts, perfumes, beads, cowries, and copper.
• Islam spread in sub-Saharan Africa through trans-Saharan trade, and the tolerance shown to Muslims allowed it to become the primary religion of West Africa.
• The Sahara Desert's harsh conditions and large distances between civilizations made trans-Saharan trade difficult.
• Monsoon winds made trading across the Indian Ocean easier and more predictable.
• Ghana declined due to Muslim groups taking over trade centers and spreading Islam, allowing smaller states to break away and weaken the empire.
• Mali declined due to attacks from Berbers, rainforest warriors, and Songhai rebels.
• Songhai declined due to internal conflict after the death of Askia Muhammad and invasions by Moroccan soldiers with guns and cannons.
• Aksum declined due to isolation from trade, environmental factors, and the Justinian Plague, while the Swahili Coast declined due to conflict with Portuguese control of trade and commerce in the Indian Ocean.