Geography
What is the name of the major Desert in Northern Africa?
The Sahara
Which of the three African Kingdoms was the first to be formed?
Ghana
What religion did Mansa Musa bring to Mali
Islam
What impact did archaeologists finding Jenne Jeno in the 1970's have on their knowledge about West African society
There was an advanced society long before Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were formed.
What were the two items that Ghana was able to tax to increase its wealth?
Salt and Gold
Mansa Musa was the leader of which of the kingdoms?
Mali
Because of the spread of Islam, who saw more power, the king(Mansa), or the tribal leaders?
The King(Mansa)
What is Sharia Law
A written law that is based off of the teachings of the Quran.
Besides collecting taxes, what was brought via the trade routes?
Islam
Which of the kingdoms was the biggest with rulers like Askia Muhammad?
Songhai
What language was started to be spoken throughout West Africa because of the spread of Islam
Arabic
Because of the effects of the Spread of Islam did people still have to participate in Silent Barter. Why or why not.
No, they all started to speak the same languge.
What climate zones did Ghana, Mali, and Songhai have their empires in?
Sahel (semi-desert), and Savanna
What lead to the decline of the Ghana Empire
The rise of Mali, internal issues, and shifting trade routes
How did Mansa Musa bringing Islam to Mali change the way the government was run?
Liniage was passed down from father to son now, they had written laws, and they followed Sharia law.
How did people trade in Ghana, why were they forced to trade that way
Silent barter (Silent trade) because they didn't speak the same language.
What are the two major rivers in West Africa? How did they impact the region?
Senegal and Niger. They allowed the transportation of people, ideas like Isalm, and goods like salt and gold
What was significant about Timbuktu.
It was a trading center, knowledge center, and center of Islam
How did Mansa Musa get the Middle East to respect Mali?
He took billions of dollars with him on his Hajj, gave vast amounts of wealth away, and built many mosques
What was the name of the traders from the South that brought gold up to trade for salt.
Wangaran's