Empire of Ghana
Mali & Songhai
Traditions
EXTRA
100
Who were the earliest people in West Africa?
Soninke
100
What was a northern rival of Songhai?
Morocco
100
What is a hand-woven, brightly colored fabric worn by kings and queens during celebrations?
kente
100
What did Muslim architects build to spread Islam in West Africa?
mosques
200
During this time, what were the region's two main resources?
gold & salt
200
Mansa Musa helped spread this religion.
Islam
200
What are short sayings of wisdom or truth used to teach lessons to people?
proverbs
200
What did the location of the Niger River allow Mali people to do?
control trade on the river
300
What is a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly?
silent barter
300
What ruler worked to unify the empire of Songhai?
Sunni Ali
300
What were African storytellers called?
griots
300
What group of people invaded Ghana?
Almoravids
400
A city considered the center of learning.
Djenne
400
What was an important trade city in the Mali Empire?
Timbuktu
400
What is a spoken record of past events?
oral history
400
What was Mali famous for?
wealth and centers of learning
500
Who was a king of Ghana with a lavish court where he displayed the wealth of the empire?
Tunka Manin
500
Who was Mali's most famous ruler?
Mansa Musa
500
What is a collection of epic poems that tells the history of Ghana?
Dausi
500
Where did Mansa Musa live?
Mali
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