Geography
Two important mineral resources to West Aftica
What are salt and gold?
This allowed traders to travel farther across the desert
What is camel?
Religion was very important to this Muslim king of Mali
Who is Mansa Musa?
This group of people invaded the Songhai Empire in the 1590s
What is the Moroccans?
Years of isolation from other Christian communities resulted in this new form of Christianity in Ethiopia
What is Coptic Christianity?
River where Great civilizations developed in early West Africa
What is the Niger River?
Location of Empire of Ghana
What is West Africa between the Niger and Senegal Rivers?
Ruler that started Mali's rise to power
What is Sundiata?
What is the empire of Mali?
Two languages that blended with Bantu to create Swahili?
What is Arabic and Persian?
The Nok discovered that they could farm more easily and clear forests more quickly with tools made from this.
What is iron?
The process in which people exchange good without contact to keep peace
What is silent barter?
Two reasons for the Fall of Mali
What is too large to govern and problems with invaders?
This man was an army general and became the ruler of Songhai at 50 years old
*Bonus: What was his real name?
What is Askia the Great or Muhammad Ture?
The King of Ethiopia who built 11 Christian churches?
West Africa's four climate and vegetation regions.
What are Sahara (desert), Sahel, savannah, and rainforests?
Ghana's rulers did this to raise money
What are taxing traders when enter and exit, people of Ghana, and conquered tribes?
Two ways Islam influenced society in Mali
What is Arabic becoming the main language and building many mosques/schools?
Ruler of Songhai who grew Songhai into a strong empire
What is Sunni Ali?
Four goods traded in Sub-Saharan Africa
What is copper, gold, pottery, and coffee?
Matrilineal societies pass down leadership position through the relatives of this parent
What is mother?
Three factors contributed to decline
What are invasions, overgrazing, and rebellion?
Four goods brought into Timbuktu for trading from the North
What are salt, cloth, books, and gold
This device helped the Moroccans defeat the Songhai
What is an arquebus?
Names of three important set of ruins (structures) in Zimbabwe
What is Hill Complex, Great Enclosure, and Valley Complex?