Geography & Vocabulary
Oral storytellers in West Africa who pass down the history of their people through storytelling are called___
Griots
What is a building for Muslim worship?
Mosque
What river was important to the development of trade and civilization in West Africa?
Niger River
Name the three main kingdoms we studied in West Africa.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
What is an Arab marketplace or bazaar?
Souk
What is the main religion in North African countries?
Islam/Muslim
Name three places that the Arabian Peninsula traded with.
East Africa, North Africa, Southern Europe (including Spain!), Persia, South and Southeast Asia (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.)
This civilization took over Mali
Songhai
Name at least four different landscapes and climates of Africa.
Saharan (Desert), Jungle (rainy, trees), Savannah (grassy plains with trees), Sahel (divides desert from rainy areas
What is Muhammad's importance in Islam?
He is the final prophet come to tell people to worship only one god. He founded Islam.
What animal made Tran-Saharan trade development easier?
Camel
The sacred text of Islam
Quran
What is the worlds largest sandy desert?
Sahara Dersert
Name at least 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam
1) Shahada (profession of faith) 2) Hajj (pilgrimage), 3) Salat (prayer 5x a day), 4) Zakat (giving to the poor), 5) Sawm (fasting)
Bantu migration brought farming techniques and agriculture to the region, kinship system, and the use of iron.
Give three examples of how Mansa Musa spread Islam
1) He expanded his empire 2) He built schools dedicated to learning the Qu'ran and mosques 3) He went on the hajj to Mecca giving away gold and being the poster child for Islam while on his travels
What land is very dry in the winters and wet in the summers. It has tons of bushes and trees.
Savanna
What caused the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
They didn't agree about who should be the next leader after Muhammad died.
How did trade affect the spread of Islam? Give a specific example
Trade helped expand Islam because it made cities more connected to each other and ideas spread along trade routes. Some key trading cities even had famous schools (in Spain and Timbuktu, Djenne)
The pilgrimage to Mecca
Hajj