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MILITARY HISTORY OF AFRICA QUIZ.

Precolonial region where horses became a war-winning element.

Sahel Belt

This element was introduced by the Trans-Sahara trade

Camel

People who carried out Trans-Sahara trade

Tuareg

Which religion expanded through Africa thanks to the Trans-Sahara trade?

Islamic

Really important city located in day-present Mali playing a significant role in the precolonial history of the region

Timbuktu

The use of this element was really relevant in the developing of Big Sahel empires.

Horse

Sahel empire with very limited forces which used arros and shields in warfare. they did not use horses

Ghana

first of the Sahelian empires to focus on cavalry and warfare (said to be the promotors of the cavalry revolution in Africa). didn't have an standing army, but a centralized government. Linked to Muslims

Mali

Name all the 4 big empires of Sahel's region

Ghana, Mali, Shongay and Borno.

really similar empire to the Mali one (cavalry, Muslim, centralized government, not-standing profesional army) who struggled with Moroccan forces at the end of its legacy

Shongay

only of the big empires among Sahel which did not make use of cavalry

Ghana

powerful, long-standing army, trade roots empire in the region of Sahel

Borno

battle fought between expansionist Morocco (led by Ahmed al Mansur and Judar Pasha) vs Shongay empire in 1591 which meant the decline of Shongay empire.

Battle of Tondibi

moroccan MILITAR FORCES leader in the Battle of Tondibi (1591)

Judar Pasha

moroccan militar leader in the Battle of Tondibi (1581) against Shongay empire.

Ahmed al Mansur.

regions really influential in the Jihads in the sahel (1700s-1800s) which played a huge role on the spread of Islam through the region

Futa Toro and Futa Jalon

pastoral movement who stretched Sahel, not big kingdoms but Muslims societies with Islamic identity, cattle herding.

Hausa-Fulani

prominent Islamic scholar, reformer, and the leader of the Fulani Jihad in the early 19th really influential in the Islamic tradition of the region.

Usman Dan Fodio.

most significant islam state a result of Fulani's movement (ruled by Usman dan Fodio)

Sokoto Caliphate

prominent islamic scholar which was influential at the reform of islam and at the creation of Tukolor empire

Umar Tall

islamic state funded in the Sahel region as a result of the Jihads in te 1800s funded by Umar Tall

Tukolor Empire

most influential factor at the coastal forest precolonial warfare. it consisted in a triangle were: African people were transported to the americas, in order to produce as a man-labor to make products which will be consumed in Europe. European traders would trade weapons to Africa.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

which arms (which were really bad at first given the weather conditions) were the first imported by Africans in the slave trade?

Matchlocks

wich two weapons were firstly and mainly imported to africa related to the development of the centralized states in the western coast of Africa via the Slave Trade System?

Flintlocks and Dune Guns

which army of the centralized states in the western african coast in the 1800s was fully composed by women?

Dahomey

which 2 Western-coastal African states fought more than 3 wars in the 1800s over borders, resources and slave trade (even though a definitive result were never reached)

Asante and Dahomey

which culture albergada 3 notable regions (Oyo, Ife and Ibadan) in the today's Nigeria, Benin and Togo?

Yoruba

which were the 3 peoples living under Yoruba's culture in the 1800s West Coastal Africa?

Oyo, Ife and Ibadan

which two people from the centralized states from the western-coastal Africa fought wars with gun power over the domination of slave treat troots?

Oyo and Dahomey

which people defeated Oyo over the domination of trade roots, followed by a cut off, an economic isolation and collapse?

Dahomey

which people fought against the expansionist Jihadists on the north of Africa and in wich wars?

Ibadan in Yoruba Wars

which great battle took Place between Ibadan and Jihadist Ilorin?

Battle of Osogbo

which two armies were faced in the Battle of Osogbo

Ibadan and Jihadist Ilorin

which two main trading towns were significantly big in the decentralized states on the Western African coast in the 1800s?

Bonny and Brass

which was the most characteristic political and social institution of the Eastern Niger Delta states of Nigeria in the 18th and 19th centuries?

Canoa House

which people of the decentralized states of Western coastal precolonial Africa fought over trade, land and slaves

Igbo

which were the first Europeans to establish overseas colonies in western-central Africa

Portuguese

who was one of the most influential figures in the Portuguese overseas expansion on Africa in the 1500s/1600s, intereested mainly in commodities and then captives

Henry the Navigator

which navigator successfully sailed around the Southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and reached the shores of India, also the African Eastern's coast?

Vasco de Gama

precolonial well-known African Kingdom in west-central Africa who Portuguese contacted with (which would lead to a civil war of the kingdom)

Kongo

first Portuguese Cristian ruler of Kongo (early 1500s) which carried out the conversion to Christianity and stablished diplomatic relations with Prtugal, as well as the centralization and the modernization of the states, with a deeply involvement in the Slade Trade System

Alfonso I

invasion consisted of a series of destructive and chaotic incursions (1568) led by this particular group of warrior bands displaced by wars of the slave trade, into various parts of west Africa, including the Kingdom of Kongo:

Jaga

Portugueses helped Kongo Kingdom with THIS INVASION and, as a reward, getting their own territory in the portuguese Angola (Luanda).

Jaga Invasion

Which territory was given to the Portuguese because of their help (supporting Kongo Kingdom) against Java Invasion?

Luanda

which territory occupied the today's Angola territory which organized in a very similar way to the Kingdom of Kongo?

Ndongo Kingdom

who fought warfare against Portuguese in 1576 as the Portuguese army had stablished a significant presence in the region of Ndongo (Luanda)?

Ndongo Kingdom

which stablished an alliance with the Dutch (who captured a bunch of regions over Kongo coast, specifically the region around Luanda, against the Portuguese?

Kingdom of Kongo

which army managed to (temporarily) conquest Luanda (over the Kongo coast), with the support of their Allies, the Kongo Kingdom?

Dutch

Who is the most famous women in the military history of Africa, known by her efforts to resist Portuguese presence in west-central africa colonial expansion?

Queen Nzinga

who was a (female) ruler deeply enrolled in warfare, diplomatic, member of the ruling family of the Kingdom of Ndongo respected by all other regions?

Queen Nzinga

What political entity under women's rule remained independent from the Portuguese domain as Ndongo had lost his prominance and move eastward?

Matamba

Which new rule in the west-central Africa (Angola) allied with the Portuguese in the battle of Mbwila against Ndongo and Nzinga's rule?

Imbangala

what was the most important battle in West-central Africa, occured in 1665, which was fought between Portuguese (from Luanda and Brazil) and Imbangala people vs Kingdom of Kongo

Battle of Mbwila

which Portuguese Ruler in charge of Luanda forces in the Battle of Mbwila managed to outmaneuvered and defeat Kingdom of Kongo (king António I) in 1664

Luis Lopes de Sequeira

which Kongo ruler in charge at the Battle of Mbwila was defeated (and captured afterwards) by Luis Lopes de Sequeira's Portuguese army in 1665, meaning a turning point in the history of the Kongo Kingdom?

António I

which internal conflict caused by both power struggles among noble and royal families, tensions between provinces a,d external interference by Portuguese marked by widespread destruction contributed mainly to the fragmentation and disintegration of the Kingdom?

Kongo Civil War

which charismatic and religious figure of the Kingdom of Kongo in the 17th century was known for her religious and political movement known as Antonianism?

Beatriz Kimpa Vita

Which is the most relevant resistance against slavery in the period of 17th-19th century, carried out mainly by quilombo people?

Slave Resistance in Brazil

most famous pre-colonial society in Southern Africa which has been historically exaggerated and overdramatizes over TV series and comuentaries (even though they had in fact a strong nationalism and a well-known identity)

Zulu Kingdom

several different kingdoms which shared Zulu language and which unification was the result of the Zulu kingdom.

Nguni Kingdoms

glorified first emerging leader of the Nguni Kingdoms unification, transforming it into a big kingdom through the developing of great military innovations that made the Zulus successful in warfare.

Shaka

several devastating events and migrations occurring in the 19th century Southern-Africa: a period of widespread warfare, displacements and social upheaval in which King Shaka resulted victorious

Mfecane

way in which Zulu people military and socially organized themselves in the 19th century

Age regiments

which arms were usually used by the zulu kingdom in the early 1800s?

Short stabbing spears

in which way would the Zulus (romantizacers of this kind of battle) fight wars over Southern Africa in the 19th century (even though war was very limited)

Hand-to-Hand

which famous formation would the Zulu use over the 19th century in the warfare, recurring into Encircling tactics?

Bull Horn Formation

did zulus use firearms, even though the spread of these was completed after the British colonial penetration?

No

which battle was fought between Zulu's army (Dingane) and Boer (Piet Retief) people in 1838 as a result of the Boer displacement because of the Great Trek?

Battle of Blood River

Which was the significant historical event in the early 19th century over South Africa which forced Boers (Dutch-descendant settlers) to migrate inland in South Africa as an attempt to escape British Colonial rule?

Great Trek

Which Armies faced in the Battle of Blood River in 1838?

Zulus and Boers

Which was the main cause of the Battle of Blood River in 1838 between Boers and Zulus?

Great Trek

Who was the ruler (brother and assasinator of King Shaka) of Zulus people in the Battle of River Blood in 1838 against the Boers?

Dingane

Who was the ruler of Boers people in the Battle of River Blood in 1838 against the Zulus?

Piet Retief

Which group was formed by Dutch-descendant-settlers who were the main political subject of the Great Trek in the 19th century and had cavalry in the Battle of Blood River?

Boers

who would be the sucessor of King Shaka at the command of Zulu people?

Mpande

which formidable kingdom would emerge in the early 1820s as a stablishment by Mzilikazi (a high-ranking commander in the Zulu army under Kingh Shaka's command until a series of dispute), as a result of a combination of conquest, diplomacy, and the assimilation of various ethnic groups in the context of the Great Trek?

Ndebele Kingdom

which figure (past-zulu commander under Shaka's command) would be in charge of the establishment of the Ndebele Kingdom up in the 1820s in Southern Africa?

Mzilikazi

which people would emerge from the hand of Zwangendaba as a result of a series of migrations and fleeings from the hostile forces of Zulu Kingdom?

Ngoni

________ would be responsible of the emergence of the Ngoni people as a result of a series of migrations and fleeings from the hostile forces of Zulu Kingdom

Zwangendaba

from which people would have been created the Modern Lesotho?

Sotho Kingdom

which southern-african state would be created in the 1820s by Moshoeshoe as a result of territorial disputes and conflicts with European colonial powers?

Sotho kingdom

which weapons would be used by Sotho people, as well as cavalry (as a technique of "do what other people do because we're afraid of them")?

Guns

__________ would be responsible of the raise of Sotho Kingdom in Southern Africa in the 1820s?

Moshoeshoe

which military area was deeply developed by the Sotho kingdom in the 1820s in the Southern Africa region

Cavalry

Sotho Kingdom used _________ as a way to stay off the Zulus, British and boers in the 1820s in Southern Africa

Drakensberg Mountains

flat-topped sandstone mountain and historically significant fortress located in the Kingdom of Lesotho, historical capital and Stronghold of King Moshoeshoe as a defensive fortress:

Thaba Bosiu

Mixed-race or multiracial ethnic group, transfortier people in Southern Africa, pirmarly found in South Africa and Namibia, drive their origins from Dutch settlers from Dutch East India Company

Griqua

Boers, or Afrikaners settlers who sought independence from British colonial rule founded _____, which eventually would became involved in conflicts and negotiations with the British and enemies of the Sotho, gradually conquering their territories. It also was involved in the Battle of Berea

Orange Free State

These settlers were the founders of the Orange Free State in Southern Africa

Boers/Afrikaners

Result of British pretentions to conquer Sotho, this battle would be fought between British colonial forces (under George Carchcart's command) and Afrikaners in 1852.

Battle of Berea

_______ was the commander of the British colonial armies in the Battle of berea, fought against the Boers of the Orange Free State

George Carchart

_____ people resided in the Eastern Cape region and were among the early inhabitants of what is now South Africa. They would be taken over by British forces in 1806.

Xhosa

only southern Africa precolonial state which does not follow the idea of all men are warriors, presenting a standing army; instead, its military formation was stablished by communities.

Xhosa

______ were fought between Dutch and British colonists and Xhosa people. Even though tit did not lead to significant territorial changes or displacements, it set the stage for future conflicts and tensions between European settlers and Xhosa people in the Eastern Cape. Between them, we can find battles like Amelinde, Grahamstown, Gwanqa or the Mlanjeni war.

Cape-Xhosa wars

Battle took place in 1818 during the Cape-Xhosa wars and pitted Xhosa people and expanding British colonial forces.It will be folowed by the Battle of Grahamstown

Battle of Amalinde

Following Battle of Amalinde, this battle (where British and Xhosa faced) guaranteed the defense and the consolidation of the British control over the town in 1819.

Battle of Grahamstown

after adapting their stratergy, Xhosa people fought this battle against the british under Maqoma's command in 1846.

Battle of Gwanqa

series of battles, skirmishes and guerrilla warfare tactis happening through the Cape-Xhosa wars between british expansionist colonial army and the Xhosa people, which had profound consequences for these ones.

War of Mlanjeni

significant episode in the larger conflict between British Empire and Boer Republics, South African Republic (Traansval) and Orange Free States (Maqoma).

Waterloof Campaign

both of these groups formed alliances with Britain in the Cape Frontier Wars: the first one eventually

Khoisan and Mfengu

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