AP®︎ World History: Topic 1.5 Flashcards
Master key terms and definitions for Topic 1.5 of AP World History – State Building in Africa to help you prep for quizzes and the AP exam.
Tributary Government
System in which local leaders retain authority but acknowledge a stronger ruler and provide goods, labor, or military support
System in which local leaders retain authority but acknowledge a stronger ruler and provide goods, labor, or military support
Shona-built tributary state and stone capital supported by farming, cattle, gold, ivory, and trade with the Indian Ocean coast
Massive mortarless stone complex at Great Zimbabwe that demonstrated elite wealth, social hierarchy, and the ability to mobilize labor
Earlier Ethiopian kingdom whose Christianity, written culture, and highland political traditions continued after its imperial decline
Christian Ethiopian dynasty that ruled before 1270 and displayed its authority through projects such as Lalibela's rock-hewn churches
Zagwe ruler traditionally associated with the construction of 11 rock-hewn churches that demonstrated royal support for Ethiopian Christianity
Eleven churches carved downward and inward from solid rock, displaying Zagwe command of skilled labor and protection of Christianity
Ethiopian ruler who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270 and founded the Solomonic dynasty
Ethiopian dynasty founded in 1270 that claimed descent from Aksum, King Solomon, and the Queen of Sheba to legitimize its rule
Fourteenth-century Ethiopian work that elaborated the Solomonic dynasty's claimed descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Church that preserved manuscripts, trained clergy, owned land, and reinforced the authority of Ethiopia's Christian monarchs
Ethiopian ruler from 1314 to 1344 whose campaigns defeated neighboring Muslim states and expanded land, tribute, and royal power
Independent but culturally connected West African city-states supported by farming, crafts, fortified cities, trade, and authority over nearby villages
Title for a Hausa ruler who governed with officials, nobles, military leaders, advisers, and local authorities
Christian highland monarchy that used Aksumite continuity, church institutions, sacred genealogy, tribute, and military expansion to build and legitimize royal power
Gradual, uneven adoption of Islam among Hausa rulers, merchants, scholars, and urban communities while indigenous beliefs and customary practices continued
