Geography
The Sahara desert used to be A?
A lake/ocean
what is a griot?
a storyteller
what does Ghana stand for?
a strong warrior king.
What is Mail?
It was known as a kingdom in west Africa.
What is Songhai?
it was known as a place that was a major Kingdom in west Africa
What proved the point of the Sahara desert was a lake?
there were Marine fossils all near the area of the desert.
What is a Matrillineal?
A family line through a mother.
where Ghana was located?
it is between two areas North Africa and west Africa.
What is sacred city of Mecca in Arabia?
Musa made a hajj, or pilgrimage, to this city
Who are Songhai people?
This was one of the groups within Mali's empire.
What is the Sahel?
A zone of desert, south of the sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow.
What is trans-sahara?
A trade between people north and south of the sahar.
Ghana was rulled by this type of ruler.
What is a powerful King that was head of the army?
What is in about 1240?
in about this time, the Mande conquered Kumbi. They took control of the trade routes to North Africa and built the empire of Mali.
What is in the 1490s?
in this time Muslims in the Songhai empire.
What is four zones?
What is four zones?There are this many zones in West Africa that are important because of their influence on developing civilizations
what is call and response?
A song style in which a singer or music leads with a call on a chorus.
when did The kingdom of Ghana lasted?
it was in Sometime before 500 C.E. until its final collapse in the 1200s.
What is to conduct business or to settle?
Muslim merchants, traders, and scholars from Egypt and North Africa came to Mali to do this.
Who is Askia Mohammed Toure?
Muslims in the Songhai empire rebelled. They placed this deuslim, on the throne
What is Senegal and the Niger?
These rivers helped make the land fertile, provided fish, and served as trade routes within the region
What is Smelting?
This is the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it.
Who are Arab scholars?
The earliest writings about the kingdom of Ghana came from them.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Who is Mansa Musa?He was the first West African ruler to practice Islam devoutly
What is in the 1460s?
In this time, the great warrior Sunni Ali became the new ruler of the Songhai.