Salt and Gold Trade
Geography
Spread of Islam
Vocab
West Africa
FINAL JEOPARDY
100
North Africans crossed the Sahara desert and traded to get this natural resource.
What is Gold
100
What is The Sahara Desert?
100
What was the result of Mansa Musa’s Hajj?
What is The world learned of the riches of Mali
100
This fabric is made by weaving and used to make cloth.
What is a Textile?
100
A grandfather telling a story about his childhood is an example of this.
What is Oral Tradition?
200
What was the main factor that lead to the increase in Trans-Sahara Trade?
What are Camels?
200
The Name of B
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
This was the language used for most early books in West Africa.
What is Arabic?
200
This is the term for traveling across the Sahara Desert.
What is Trans-Sahara (Journey)
200
These were the 3 great kingdoms of West Africa (in the order that they occured).
What are Ghana, Mali, Songhai
300
How did the Senegal and Niger Rivers encourage trade?
What is They were used for transportation.
300
The Name of A
What is The Red Sea?
300
This famous muslim traveler wrote detailed descriptions of life in West Africa.
Who is Ibn Battuta?
300
Money paid to a government or group of people in return for protection and safety.
What is Tribute?
300
These people memorized the oral traditions in West Africa
Who are Griots?
400
What natural resource did the Wangarans want?
What is Salt?
400
This is the African grassland with scattered bushes and trees.
What is Savanna
400
In 1076, this muslim group fought and defeated Ghana. This led to the spread of Islam in West Africa.
Who are Almoravids?
400
An account of an event from someone who took part in the event.
What is a Primary Source?
400
This major trade city near the Niger River was discovered by archaeologists in 1977.
What is Jenne-Jeno?
400
What is the name of the Capital of Ghana?
What is Kumbi Salaeh
500
Why did the Wangarans insist on trading silently?
What is To keep the location of the gold mines a secret?
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What is Language Difference?
500
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This is the strip of dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara Desert.
500
Islam was FIRST brought to West Africa by…
Who are Muslim Traders?
500
When power is passed down through the female side of the family
What is Matrilineal?
500
This country got rich from taxing trade because of its location.
What is Ghana?
500
It could take about this long to cross the Sahara in a caravan.
What is 2 Months?