Geography of Africa
Culture, Trade, History, Art, and Traditions
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
100
sub-Sahara Africa
The area south of the Sahara
100
Salt and gold
What were Ghana's good?
100
Ghana
Who controlled trade Sahara and West Africa routes?
100
Rich and powerful.
Mali became, what?
100
muslims
What is the religion of most songhai leaders?
200
Land, minerals, gold
West Africa's resources
200
Father, mother, children, and close relatives
Who was included in extended family?
200
Niger and Senegal rivers.
Ghana layed between...
200
1255
Wen did Sundacata die?
200
Sunni Ali
What is the ruler of songhai in 1464
300
Congo, Zambezi, Niger rivers
Name rivers
300
The belief that bodies of water, animal, trees and other natural objects have spirit.
What was Animism?
300
For its beauty.
Why valuable? -gold
300
1500
What year did Mali lose most land?
300
Timbuktu & Djenne
What is the trade centers?
400
Water, food, transportation
What were the Niger sources for?
400
Clothes, copper, silver, and other items.
What else did traders bring along with them?
400
A process in witch people dont make contact.
Define silent barter process?
400
Mansa Sundiata
leader of consolidation of power?
400
1528
What is the year Moroccan invasion
500
Africa is the 2nd largest continent. It shape like a soup bowl
Describe Africa (shape, size)
500
Timbuktu
The place where people gather to trade.
500
1200
Year of invasion...
500
He was a pilgrimage
Why did Monsa Musa go to Mecca?
500
The Arquebus
What is the superior Moroccan weapons?
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