Ghana
Mali
Vocab
Culture
Random
100
Ghana's nickname: the _________ of ____________
city of gold
100
this is the King of Mali
Mansa Musa
100
This is known as the shore of the desert
Sahel
100
storys told by Griots that have a moral
folktales
100
helped improve weapons and farm tools in West Africa
Iron
200
Was the 1st ___________ in West Africa
empire
200
opening trade routs and giving away gold, literally put Mali on this
the map
200
Early West Africans settled near this to farm and trade
Niger River
200
wise sayings or wise thoughts
proverbs
200
Africans Muslims from this region traded not only goods, but also their religion
North
300
Ghana and Mali were able to produce this, which helped make it successful
Iron
300
Kings were this religion
Islamic
300
this is the largest desert in the world
Sahara
300
these instruments are used in African Music
drums
300
How did Islam make its way to West Africa?
trade
400
the religion of Ghana is this
polythistic
400
Brought this type of culture to West Africa
Arabic
400
the system of trade that forced traders to cross the Sahara
tran-Saharan trade route
400
West Africa was influenced by this culture
Muslim
400
Most Africans lived around this
near the Sahel and Niger River
500
Feared this religion because of the influece it would have
Islam
500
Mansa Musa took a pilgramage here
Mecca
500
The Niger River provided these two things
food and transportation
500
North Africans crossed the Sahara to get to get this from the West Africans
Gold
500
List two things that changed in West Africa by Islam
archetecture, education, matrilinial-patrilinial
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