Geography
What are three vegetation zones in West Africa?
What is Desert, Grasslands, and Rainforest
What valuable mine was located to the north of Ghana?
Salt mines
All three empires were able to be successful because they controlled this.
Trade network between salt and gold mines.
Objects from the past that are left for us to study.
Artifacts
A special branch of history in which people study objects from the past.
Archaeology
What is the name of the desert in North Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert?
What valuable mine was located to the South of Ghana?
Mali and Songhay were able to become very large empires because they had powerful ___________ and _____________.
Kings and armies
Many nations or territories that are ruled by a single group or leader.
Empire
Information from the past that you get from talking to people about their experiences.
Oral History
What ocean is to the east of Africa?
The Indian Ocean
Why would people want to cross the Sahara Desert for Trade?
What person made Mali world famous because of his wealth?
Mansa Musa
An African storyteller.
Griot
History that is passed down in writing.
Written History
What ocean is to the West of Africa?
The Atlantic Ocean
What is one thing that All three empires had in common that led to their rise? (Think the most IMPORTANT thing)
Each empire had controlled the trade network of the region.
Besides salt and gold, what was another natural resource that was important to the rise of Ghana?
Iron (for tools and weapons)
An area characterized by the types of plants that grow there.
Vegetation region
Which branch of History has this weakness? As it is passed through time, parts of the story may be lost or changed.
Name the river that runs through the eastern part of Africa.
The Nile River
What are "ships of the desert?"
What empire experienced a drought, invaders from the north, bad kings, lost control of trade and had war for 30 years?
One of the major religions in the world that was introduced to West Africa.
Islam
What branch of history has this strength? It can help us understand what people wore and what they did.
Archeology