Ancient Ghana
Influences
Ancient Mali
Kings of Mali
Miscellaneous
100
Ancient Ghana built their empire on the trading of these two goods
What is gold and salt?
100
What Ancient kingdom built their power on the trade of gold and salt
What is both Ancient Ghana and Mali
100

True or false. Ancient Mali existed before the kingdom of Ancient Ghana

What is false. After Ghana's decline, Ancient Mali was formed

100
Name one of the two kings of Ancient Mali that we discussed in class
What is Sundiata Kieta or Mansa Musa
100
This was a city in Ancient Mali that was the center of trading and learning
What is Timbuktu?
200
True or false. The people of Ghana welcomed Muslim traders but did not adopt their religion.
What is true
200
This is the trade route that led to growth of both Ancient Ghana and Mali
What is Trans-Saharan trade route
200
Name two reasons why the people of Ancient Mali needed salt
What is to preserve their food and to replace the salt they lose by sweating
200
This king took the long journey to Mecca and spread Islam during his reign
What is Mansa Musa
200

This was the largest of West Africa's trading powers

What is Songhai

300
Name one reason the kingdom of Ancient Ghana declined
What is loss of natural resources or war with the Almoravids who conquered the capital city
300
Timbuktu was a center for...
What is trading and learning. This city was a busy market place where people came from all over world to trade goods and/or learn at the Islamic University
300
What are the three colors on the flag of Mali and what does each color stand for
What is green-nature/agriculture, yellow-gold/wealth, and red-sacrifice
300
Sundiata Kieta used his army to protect these
What is trade routes
300

This is drumming that uses more than one rhythm at a time

What is polyrhythmic drumming?
400
Ghana grew rich by doing what to all the goods that passed through their borders
What is taxing
400
What medical advancement did the people in Ancient Mali discover
What is new operations on the human eye
400
Ancient Mali welcomed Muslim traders and adopted this religion that the traders practiced
What is Islam
400
Mansa Musa established the first Islamic University in this city
What is Timbuktu
400

This is a group of related families that specialized in a craft or trade

What is a clan?

500
The people in Ghana were most likely the first to produce this product
What is iron
500
The people living in Timbuktu helped create what mathematical system that is the basis of ours today
What is Arabic Numeral System
500
Name three of the 4 prevalent industries in Ancient Mali
What are mining, trading, farming and government/army (defense)
500
Sundiata introduced this product to Ancient Mali, which is still its main export today
What is cotton
500

Who was in charge of passing down stories from generation to generation and for advising the king

What are Griots?

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