Geography
Culture
Kingdoms
Spread of Ideas
Vocabulary
100
The area highlighted in orange
What is the Sahel?
100
The most important group in West African Clan Society
What is family?
100
West African Kingdom ruled by Mansa Musa
What is Mali?
100
West African storytellers and poets who recalled historical events and transmitted history and culture from one generation to the next
What are Griots?
100
line of descendants who can trace their roots to a common ancestor
What is lineage?
200
The cities of Djenne and Timbuktu are both located near this geographical feature
What is the Niger River?
200
Unlike many other forms of art, West African Art was ___________________.
What is Functional?
200
This city was one of the most important commercial and cultural centers of the Mali Empire.
What is Djenne?
200
He sent local scholars to study in North Africa so they could come back to teach in schools he established.
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region
What is Indigenous?
300
Traders from the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai had to cross this region to trade with North Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
300
West African people believed that the spirits of their ancestors were always close by, so they developed this tradition
What is Ancestor Worship?
300
West African Kingdom that developed farming villages, began trading copper, spices, ivory, ostrich feathers, and enslaved people in addition to salt and gold.
What is Mali?
300
4 things Muslim traders brought to West Africa
What is Written Language, Islam, Scientific Discoveries, and art
300
strongest or main part of something; most common
What is Predominant?
400
This city became a center of trade in West Africa and was located further south on the Niger River
What is Djenne?
400
Depending on the region and ethnic group, West African Clans could use either of these lineage systems.
What is Matrilineal or Patrilineal?
400
Most powerful from 800-1000 CE, this West African Kingdom that was the smallest of the 3 kingdoms to occupy this area; became wealthy and powerful by controlling supplies of salt and gold
What is Ghana?
400
Djenne became an important center for trade due to these 3 things
What is a close proximity to Timbuktu & the caravan trade routes, the Niger river, and the gold mines in the south
400
a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
What is a Hajj?
500
Making up most of the African continent, this is a flat or rolling grassland with scattered trees and shrubs
What is the Savanna?
500
The least important group in West African Village Society, they might be called on to settle disputes or provide solutions.
What is a Council of Elders?
500
The largest of the 3 kingdoms that existed for about 1,000 years before becoming a kingdom. Its people were Muslim, and the law of the land was based on Islam. Its main power was its strong military.
What is Songhai?
500
Ways Mansa Musa helped spread & strengthen Islam (name at least 3)
What is building
-mosques and libraries
-expanding the kingdom of Mali
-sending scholars to North Africa to study so they could come back to teach
-going on a pilgrimage to Mecca
-invited Arab architects, artisans, and scholars to come to Mali
-Encouraged people to learn Arabic to read the Quran
500
money or goods given to the ruler of a country, often in exchange for protection
What is a tribute?