APWH
Mr. McKinney
Shoemaker H.S.
Chapter 8 Study Questions
What was a “Stateless society?”
How does a stateless society differ from a “secret society?”
What do the authors describe as the “common elements” in African societies?
How did Islam originally enter Africa?
What other universal religion had a footprint in Africa where did they take root?
What were the Sudanic states and how were they organized?
Discuss Sundiata’s influence on Mali?
What was the influence of Mansa Musa?
Look at the picture of the Jenne Mosque on page 179. Make sure you can
recognize the structure and understand the influence of the diffusion of Islam into
West African culture.
10. What were the challenges of the agricultural cycle of the Mali Empire?
11. Discuss the emergence of the Songhay Empire and the role of Sunni Ali in its rise.
12. How did Islam and the beliefs of indigenous societies fuse among African
peoples?
13. How did Muslim’s view slavery in West Africa?
14. Where did the populations of the East Arfican (Zanj) Coastal regions originate?
15. List the trading port cities on the East African Coast.
16. What was the connection between East Africa and Islam?
17. Where did cultures in Africa develop that were not impacted by Islam?
18. What was the nature of their organization?
19. List the African kingdoms referenced in #17.
20. List the areas in Africa where the Bantu migrations had an influence in the
development of those areas.
21. Discuss the Central African kingdoms.
22. Why do the authors spend more time talking about cultures introduced into Africa
than indigenous African cultures?
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