Geography
Animal used by traders to cross the Sahara Desert.
What is a Camel?
Key feature of Ghana's government.
The largest hot desert in the world, located in North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Goods traded in West African Kingdoms.
What is Gold and Salt?
Major trade city that became center of Islamic learning and culture.
What is Timbuktu?
Trade routes crossing the Sahara Desert, linking North Africa and West Africa.
What is Trans-Saharan Trade?
A religion founded in the 7th century that spread to West Africa through trade that greatly influenced African culture.
What is Islam?
Essential for farming, fishing, and trade.
What is the Niger River?
Became one of the wealthiest empires under leaders such as Sundiata and Mansa.
What is Mali?
A system where power is concentrated in a single authority or ruler. (Similar to a Dictatorship)
What is Centralized Government?
Mali leader known for his wealth, generosity, and promotion of Islam and education. THE KING OF KINGS
What is Mansa Musa?
A challenging barrier that was also a key trade route for goods like salt.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The Largest West African Empire.
What is Songhai?
Songhai leader known for expanding the empire and strengthening its administration.
What is Askia Muhammad?
Founder of Mali, known as "The Lion King".
What is Sundiata Keita?
The four types of vegetation zones found in Africa.
What is Forest, Semidesert, Desert, and Savanna?
A key reason for the decline of West African Kingdoms.
What is rise of Atlantic trade/focus on coastal regions?
A West African storyteller who preserved history and traditions through oral stories and music.
What is Griot?
What is Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?