Kingdoms & Leaders
This was the first great kingdom of West Africa, known for controlling the gold-salt trade.
What is Ghana?
What resource was traded for gold in the trans-Saharan trade?
What is salt?
What was the traditional African religion that believed in spirits in nature?
What is animism?
This ruler of Mali made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
What is the main desert in North Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert?
Who was the founder of the Mali Empire, known as the "Lion King" of Mali?
Who is Sundiata Keita?
What was the main trade route connecting West Africa to North Africa?
What is the trans-Saharan trade route?
What religion spread into Africa through trade?
What is Islam?
What was the name of the city in Mali that became a center of learning and trade?
What is Timbuktu?
What was the role of a griot?
What is a West African storyteller who preserved history through oral tradition?
Which ruler of Mali made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and gave away large amounts of gold?
Who is Mansa Musa?
Why were camel caravans important for trade?
What is camels could survive desert conditions and carry heavy loads?
What is the blending of different religious or cultural traditions?
What is syncretism?
What valuable mineral was needed for food preservation and was traded for gold?
What is salt?
What were the Swahili city-states?
What are coastal trading cities in East Africa influenced by Arab and Persian cultures?
Which kingdom came after Mali and became the largest empire in West Africa?
What is Songhai?
Which two natural resources made the Sudanic kingdoms rich?
What are gold and salt?
Why was Timbuktu important?
What is it was a center of trade, learning, and Islamic scholarship?
What is the term for trade across the Sahara?
What is trans-Saharan trade?
Why was Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage significant?
What is it spread Islam, showed Mali’s wealth, and caused inflation in Egypt?
What caused the decline of the Songhai Empire?
What is Moroccan invasion and internal conflict?
What was the main impact of trans-Saharan trade?
What is the spread of wealth, Islam, and new ideas across Africa?
What is the importance of the Swahili culture?
What is it blended African, Arab, and Persian influences due to trade?
What was a network of East African coastal cities involved in trade?
What are Swahili city-states?
How did trade spread Islam in Africa?
What is Muslim merchants and scholars introduced Islamic beliefs, law, and education through trade routes?