Regions of West Africa
What river allowed many people to live in West Africa?
Niger River
This person made Mali an empire. He also took that title of mansa for himself.
Sundiata
A process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly
Silent Barter
Give me one of the three reasons for Ghana's Decline
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Timbuktu
Rain is very rare here and it is one of the four regions of West Africa
Sahara Desert
This person was Mali's most famous ruler and he was a Muslim.
Mansa Musa
This included the father, mother, children, and close relatives in one household.
Extended Family
Give me one of the reasons for Ghana's Decline
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The earliest people in West Africa were the _________
Soninke
This is a strip of land with little rainfall that divides the desert from wetter areas.
Sahel
This person became the ruler of the Songhai in 1464. He worked to unify, strengthen, and enlarge his empire.
Sunni Ali
In these groups, men born within the same two or three years formed special bonds.
Age Sets
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Give me one of the traditional crops grown in West Africa
Must be either dates, kola nuts, grains, gold, or salt
This is open grassland with scattered trees. It is one of the four regions of West Africa.
Savannah
Leader of the Songhai people who supported education and learning. Timbuktu flourished under his leadership.
Askia the Great
The _______________ was an early form of a gun used by the people of West Africa.
Arquebus
A group of North African Muslims called the _________ attacked Ghana in the 1060s.
Almoravids
Animism
This region of West Africa gets heavy rain and it has moist, densely wooded areas.
Rain forests
Who was Sunni Ali's son
Sunni Baru
nomads from the Sahara who seized Timbuktu
.The Tuareg
In about which year did the people of a country that Ghana had conquered rose up in rebellion? 1100, 1200, 1300, or 1400?
1200
The empire of Ghana reached its peak under who?
Tunka Manin