AP African American Studies / Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora

1.10 Kinship and Political Leadership

3 practice questions

Notes

African societies organized through kinship and lineage. Leadership varied: kings, councils, and some powerful women rulers (Queen Idia of Benin, Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba). Some societies were matrilineal.

Practice

Queen Nzinga is known for:

A matrilineal society traces family descent through:

Kinship mattered in many African societies because it:

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