Muslims in Africa & Griots
Muslims spread their religion in African by traveling in _______________ with ____________.
caravans, camels
The Benin made many realistic _______________ to preserve their history.
sculptures
The first kingdom of western Africa was __________.
Egypt on the Nile
food
How did the geography of Egypt help it become great?
It was located on the Nile River giving it fertile soil to grow crops.
Muslims were the first to introduce this language to Africa.
Arabic
The Ashanti were taken over by the ____________.
The British
_____________ developed after Egypt farther south along the Nile, and Egypt tried to colonize it.
Nubia
Salt was used to make food _____________.
tastier
How did Ghana benefit from natural resources and geography?
written language
British merchants who came to the Ashanti kingdom were amazed by the ____________ of Kumasi and later colonized their lands.
wealth
________________ developed after Egypt took over Nubia. Nubians founded this new kingdom.
Kush
Salt was used as a __________ for illnesses.
cure
Meroe had a lot of ___________ leading to its success.
iron ore
Explain the role of griots in ancient African society.
They were responsible for telling stories by word-of-mouth highlighting the history of western African kingdoms.
Name one resource of Great Zimbabwe.
ivory
rich soil
plentiful trees
Meroe
People need salt to replace what their body lost due to _____________.
Zimbabwe had _____________ and __________ allowing it to become great.
forests, fertile soil, located on trade routes
Why might the stories passed by the griots get changed over time?
They can get changed because they are passed by word-of-mouth and people might delete or add information as they pass stories through the generations.
How did the people of Zimbabwe become so rich?
The rulers collected tribute and taxes from merchants on trade routes.
The ______________ later destroyed the Kush capital of Meroe.
Aksum
houses
_____________ allowed western African Kingdoms to trade with the Middle East.
Hint: It's the name of a body of water.
the Niger River