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Map Study Listby Jim Jones (Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved) | |
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Map Study Listby Jim Jones (Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved) | |
The map test is designed to give you a reason to learn where many of the places in precolonial African history are located. You will find this useful for following class discussion, and it will allow you to complete the assigned readings more quickly and with greater understanding.
Although most people will receive an A on this test, there are always a few who do very poorly and even fail. Afterwards, they say that they did not take the test seriously enough, or they only studied a portion of the names. In order to avoid that, and to enable everyone to do well on the test, the professor offers the following instructions on how to prepare for it:
In the past, my map tests have had questions like the following:
In other words, don't just memorize the list of names, learn
where they are and what they are. I will not
ask you to fill in a blank map, but if you practice that, then
you should be able to handle any question I ask.
HIS311, HIS312 or get a
Blank map of Africa showing national borders
LIST OF MAP LOCATIONS
MAP ITEM
DESCRIPTION
Akan gold mining region
surrounding Kumasi
Aksum Upper Nile Valley
civilization
Atbara River major tributary
of the Nile
Atlas Mountains separate
coastal Morocco and Algeria from the Sahara Desert
Awdughast Ghana's main
desert-side trading city
Benin forest state west of
the Lower Niger River
Benue River major tributary
of the Niger River
Blue Nile River major
tributary of the Nile
Cairo city at the south end
of the Nile Delta
Cape Verde Islands Atlantic
islands near West Africa
Carthage Phoenician city
near modern Tunis
Congo-Zaire River river
system that drains central Africa
Drakensberg Mountains
mountains in southeastern Africa
East African Highlands
mountain range from Ethiopia to South Africa
Ethiopia mountainous region
at the north end of the East African Highlands
Gao Sahel trading city and
capital of Songhay Empire
Ghana empire sahel state
based between the Upper Senegal and Upper Niger Rivers
Guinea Coast between the
mouths of the Senegal and Congo Rivers
Kalahari Desert desert in
southwest Africa
Kanem-Bornu sahel state
based near Lake Chad
Kano Sahel Hausa trading
city
Kasai River major tributary
of the Congo/Zaire River
Kilwa Swahili port city
Kongo kingdom forest state
based in the Lower Congo River valley
Kumasi Asante capital in the
Akan gold region
Kumbi-Salah capital of the
Ghana Empire
Lake Chad inland sea located
northeast of the Lower Niger River basin
Lake Kisale center of copper
region in the Upper Congo basin
Lake Malawi southernmost
major lake in the Rift Valley
Lake Victoria-Nyanza largest
lake in the Rift Valley Limpopo River major south-
central river south of the Zambezi
Madagascar largest island
near the East African coast
Mali empire Sahel state
based in the Upper Niger Valley
Marrakech Almoravid capital
in Morocco
Mediterranean Sea I'll bet
you can find this without my help.
Meroe kingdom Upper Nile
valley state in Nubia
Mogadishu Swahili port city
in modern Somalia
Mombasa Swahili port city in
modern Kenya
Niger River major West
African river
Nubia Upper Nile valley
region
Orange-Vaal River major
southern Africa river system
Oyo savannah kingdom west of
the Niger River
Red Sea separates Egypt and
Sudan from Arabia
Rift Valley runs from
Ethiopia to Mozambique
Sahel border region between
the Sahara Desert and the savannah
Senegal River Sahel river at
the west end of Africa
Sokoto city in northwest
Nigeria
Somali homeland coastal
region between Ethiopia and the "Horn of Africa"
Songhay empire Sahel empire
on the Middle Niger River
Sudd swampy region on the
White Nile
Tadmekka Sahara copper mines
east-northeast of Timbuktu
Timbuktu religious center
and trading city in the Sahel
Tripoli Mediterranean port
in modern Libya
Walata main desert-side
trading city in the Mali Empire
White Nile River major
tributary of the Nile
Zambezi River major river in
south-central Africa
Zimbabwe Plateau source of
gold south of the Zambezi River
Zulu homeland on the
southeast African coast south of Swaziland
