Learning Target 1
Compare the three kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhai. Which one is largest? Smallest? Through which kingdom(s) does the Niger River flow?
Largest Songhai, Ghana smallest, Niger river flowed through all three.
Describe silent bartering and how it helped trade?
A way of borrowing without ever meeting in person. people speaking different languages could trade and also the wangarans to protect the secret location of third gold mines
Who is Mansa Musa?
Mansa of Mali.
What/where is the Sahara? What/where is the Sahel?
The Sahara is a desert in North africa. The Sahel is a semiarid region in western and north central africa.
How did Ghana grow in power?
Gold and surplus of gold.
How did Islam spread to West Africa?
Trains saharan trade
Where is the Niger River? Why is it important to West Africa?
West africa. Irrigation, power, and transportation.
What commodity/product is Wangara (in the southern forests of West Africa) known for? What commodity/good is Taghaza (in the Sahara) known for?
Gold, salt
Where is Timbuktu?
West Africa on Niger River.
How did early societies develop in West Africa?
How did the earliest settlements develop?
How did villages grow?
How did geography impact the growth of villages into trading sites and then towns/cities?
Oer time, family based communities joined together to form villages and traded with one another, Extended families settled to farm, Families joined communities, Villagers that control the trade router on rules Became Market centers and people who became rich made new jobs
What’s the difference between matrilineal succession and patrilineal succession?
Matrilineal succession means it was travel through womens blood l l c h e. patrilineal sioa means it was travel means bloodline.
How did the spread of Islam affect West Africa in terms of:
Religion?
Government and law?
Education?
Language?
Architectural style?
Decorative arts?
New religious customers, line of succession/structs done of government / operation of Islam law, built many schools and Setters of learning,Arabic language spreaded, mosques for worship and new designs for homes, adopted colleagues and government sharper in the heart
was it hard?????
YES ⛐
Describe Trans-Saharan trade.
Why were camels so important to Trans-Saharan trade?
What product(s) did North African traders have?
What product(s) came from the southern forests?
What role did Ghana play in trans-Saharan trade?
How did Ghana profit from trans-Saharan trade?
Camels are well suited for Desert travel so they could travel in Caravans, salt, Gold, Secured trade routes against Bandits, Taxes
was it hard??????
YES ✔✔✔✔