Geography
Vocabulary
West Africa Facts
Influence of Islam
Culture
100

Sahara means ________ in Arabic?

What is desert

100

What is a group of travelers

What is caravan

100

The belief that all things on earth have spirits

What is animism

100
Who first brought Islam to West Africa? Official name!
What is merchants.
100
What is a griot?
What is a historian or record keeper.
200

This city is a market center for trade and contains the worlds largest mud brick adobes

What is Djenne.

200

A pilgrimage to Mecca

What is Hajj.

200

This is the most powerful Kingdom that came after the Fall of Mali

What is Songhai

200
Who was the first West African ruler to practice Islam devoutly?
What is Mansa Musa.
200
Name two examples or oral traditions created by griots.
What is proverbs, folktales, poems, praise songs, stories.
300
What three bodies of water surround Africa?
What is the Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, and Mediterranean Sea
300

The holy book of Islam is known as 

What is Qu'ran

300

This resources was as valuable as gold 

What is salt

300
Name three things that changed in government and law with the introduction of Islam.
What is succession became patrilineal, leaders took on muslim titles, and shari'ah law was adopted.
300
"Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burnt down." What does this proverb tell us about West African culture.
What is the importance of oral tradition and the amount of knowledge griots had.
400
What river runs through the Ghana and Mali kingdoms before dumping out into the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the Niger river.
400

Another name for king

What is Sultan

400

Who controls all aspect of lives in West African relgion?

What is the ancestors

400
What was the most important feature of education curriculum in Muslim West Africa?
What is it was based on the studying of Islam first then the studying of a specific subject.
400
What form of West African art was painter Pablo Picasso influenced by?
What is masks.
500

Thee three powerful  counties had control of trade, agriculture and taxes

What is Ghana. Mali and Songhai

500

A route that stretched across the Sahara with purpose of trading gold for salt

What is Trans Saharan Caravan Trade Route

500

Mystery question

Freebie

500
Why did Islam spread so rapidly in West Africa?
What is because it promoted brotherhood between believers.
500
What do West African dance movements tell us about the people dancing?
What is movements reflected the conditions people lived in. For example, forest people would move as finding their way through forest undergrowth.
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