Cities and Kingdoms
The Influence of Land
From Family to Empire
Islam In Africa
Potpourri
100
Ghana, and Songhai are what?
What is kingdoms.
100
Why did few settlements develop in the Sahara?
What is the land was too dry.
100
Why did extended family groups first settle south of the Sahara?
What is because they were able to farm there.
100
How did the spread of Islam in the 600s contribute to the growth of trade?
What is Muslims became merchants in W.A. towns because they wanted to control trade.
100
How did Ghana make money off of the trans-Sahara trade route?
What is they taxed goods coming in and out of Ghana.
200
Mali is a city or a kingdom?
What is a kingdom.
200
Compared to the savanna in West Africa the Sahel has what?
What is the sahel has less rainfall.
200
What did extended family groups do for defense against dangerous enemies?
What is they joined other extended family groups to form villages.
200
Muslims participated on what trade route?
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route.
200
What is one thing Ghana did with their success and money from the trans-Saharan trade route?
What is they paid for armies, conquered territory, expanded their land, and bought porcelain and silk from China.
300
Jenne-Jeno became a trading center because of what geographic feature?
What is the Nile River.
300
Why did people in different vegetation zones trade with each other?
What is they needed the resources in different vegetation zones to survive.
300
What is an advantage to becoming part of an empire?
What is getting protection from raiders.
300
What was an example of a religious practice before the introduction of Islam in West. Africa?
What is praying to your ancestors.
300
What was the most significant factor in the development of early societies in West Africa?
What is the vegetation zones, and proximity to rivers (access to water).
400
What is the city of Timbuktu known for?
What is its community of scholars.
400
How did the Niger River encourage trade?
What is it served as a transportation route.
400
How have historians learned about the early kingdoms of West Africa?
What is through the writings of Arab scholars.
400
Why did Islam spread fairly easily in Mali?
What is people in Mali were able to blend their traditional religious practices with Islam fairly easily.
400
The Niger and _______ Rivers are both in West Africa.
What is the Senegal river.
500
What river was Jenne-Jeno located on?
What is the Niger River.
500
What did the Nok people adopt as early as 500 B.C.E.?
What is iron smelting.
500
In what way did Islam influence how history was recorded in West Africa?
What is it moved from a tradition of oral history to being written down in Arabic.
500
What caused West African courts to follow new practices?
What is the introduction of Islamic law.
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