A raised but flat region like that of the interior of Africa is known as a
What is a plateau
100
The nickname of the Kingdom of Ghana?
What is "Land of the Gold"
100
The meaning of Mansa
What is Emperor
100
The main religion of the West African Empires
What is Islam
100
The name of the trade route through the Sahara desert
What is the Trans-Saharan trade route
200
The world's largest desert and the number of miles
What is the Sahara desert? 3.5 million miles
200
The two most important resources:
What is gold and salt
200
This wise ruler conquered Ghana and led Mali to become a powerful trading empire
Who is Sundiata?
200
became center for Islamic learning and study
What is Timbuktu
200
The preferred method of travel through the Sahara and the reasons why
What are camels, require less water, can travel further, eyelashes prevent sand from eyes
300
A broad grassland with scattered trees. Supported herds of animals such as giraffe and antelope.
What is a savanna
300
Ghana’s power came from their use of ______ weapons to conquer neighboring tribes and for farming along the Niger River.
What is iron
300
Mansa Musa led a large group of people also known as a _____________ on a religious hajj. Also, how many people traveled?
What is a caravan, 50,000
300
A great military leader, he kept a fleet of warriors on canoes in the Niger river for protection
Who is Sunni Ali
300
Professional story teller
What is a griot
400
The earliest civilizations emerged along the banks of this river..
What is the Niger River
400
A trading center and a capital of Ghana. It became the wealthiest city in W. Africa
What is Koumbi?
400
A group of northern African people that led desert caravans through the Sahara
Who are the Berbers
400
The most famous of all Songhai rulers, he required his people to learn Arabic, and followed Islamic laws
Who is Askia the Great or Askia Muhammed
400
The largest West African empire
What is Songhai
500
Rain is most common along this area of Africa
What is the equator
500
3 reasons for the decline of Ghana
What is Internal Rebellion, overgrazing of the land, Almoravids
500
He hired architects to build mosques, he sent Muslim scholars to study in Morocco and he stressed the importance of learning Arabic to unify his empire
Who was Mansa Musa
500
Reasons for the decline of Songhai
What is after the death of Askia his sons could not fulfill his footsteps, and the territory became too large to manage, took 150 years before it was completely gone
500
What are 3 similarities between all 3 west African empires
What is Muslim empires, relied on Niger River, salt and gold trade