Geography
Which part of Africa is the Sahara located?
North Africa
Which major city did Mansa Musa visit, causing the price of gold to decline?
Cairo
What did the Ghana Empire trade the most?
salt and gold
True or false; The Songhai Empire was part of the Mali empire?
True
How did Mali gain its wealth?
The control of trade, practically in gold
Where was the Nile River located?
East Africa
The "shoreline of the desert"
What does "ghana" mean?
war chief
Other than gold and salt, what was an important component of the Songhai Empire economy?
Slave trade
Who invaded the Mali Empire which helped lead to its end?
The Almoravids
Where is the Niger River located?
West Africa
What was used first by the Nok people in West Africa, allowing its population to grow?
iron
How was the successor to the king chosen?
matrilineal line
Who sent Judar Pasha and his soldiers to conquer Songhai?
Morocco or the king of Morocco
What were two things that Mansa Musa achieved?
Became the first West African to practice Islam devoutly, completed the hajj
Is the Ghana Empire north or south of the Mali Empire?
North
Who were the people who broke away from the empire of Mali and built their own empire?
Songhai
What was every man in Ghana required to do to ensure defending the empire?
military training
Who was the first leader of the Songhai?
Sunni Ali
Who was the founder of the Mali Empire?
Sundiata Keita
What are the three vegetation zones of West Africa?
desert, savanna, and rainforest
Which group introduced a Islam and the written language of Arabic to West Africa?
The Berbers
How did Ghana rise to power?
Ghana had control over 3 major gold mines
Which leader organized the government of Songhai?
Askia the Great
Which city became the cultural and scholarly hub of Mali?
Timbuktu