1. Compare the trans-Atlantic slave trade decline in Africa north of the equator with that in Africa south of the equator.
2. In what ways did the production of agricultural commodities for export create social and political upheavals in coastal areas of Africa?
3. What was the connection between rising world market prices for ivory and the creation of new states in the interior region of Africa?
4. Why did Msiri's Nyamwezi form a successful state in the southern savanna while the Chokwe did not?
5. Explain how the zariba system facilitated the spread of merchant warlords in the northeastern savanna.
6. Why do some historians refer to Muhammad Ali as the father of modern Egypt?