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100
A city in both Mali and Songhai, also known as "the city of learning" because of its successful libraries, mosques, schools, and universities
What is Timbuktu?
100
Sahel- the strip of land that separates the deserts from the wetter areas Savannah- grasslands with few scattered trees Rainforest- wet/moist, densely wooded areas Sahara- the largest desert and dominates most of North Africa
What are the four regions in West Africa and name one thing about each
100
Kola nuts, dates, grains
Name several traditional crops of West Africa.
100
Allowing animals to graze (eat) too much in one area, leaving the soil exposed to the area's harsh environment.
What is Overgrazing?
100
It kept food from spoiling, was needed in a person’s diet to survive the hot climate, and was traded for gold.
Why was salt a valuable resource?
200
Mother, Father, Children and other close relatives
Who is in an extended family?
200
People were muslim so they were able to trade with muslim neighbors and gain wealth and expand their empire, along with practicing the Muslim religion, the ruler also practiced the local religion to maintain harmony, and many of the laws were similar to their muslim neighbors.
What Caused Ghana to fail?
200
A West African storyteller
What is a griot?
200
It was a source of food, water, transportation, and trade for the people in West Africa, it allowed them to live there
What is the Niger River
200
West Africa along the Niger River. This river provided fertile soil and minerals for farming. The area was also rich in Gold and Iron. They were situated between the Sahara (north) and the forests (south) so this location put people in an excellent position to trade in the region’s two main resources, gold and salt.
Where and why did the empires of Mali and Ghana develop where they did?
300
A process of exchanging good without meeting up with each other directly.
What is a silent barter?
300
Farming
In the extended family both men and women did what task?
300
A spoken record of past events (history), people used to pass down their history.
What is Oral History
300
Work and Family
What two traits led to the survival of West African villages
400
A West-African Storyteller
What is a griot?
400
Some resources were Iron, which was used for tools and weapons, and Salt and Gold, which was used in trading
What were Ghana's resources and how did they use them?
400
Farming and clearing the land, and Iron was used for weapons.
What were the two most important uses of iron?
400
The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
What is Animism
400
Kola nuts, dates, grains
Name several traditional crops of West Africa
500
A proverb is a short saying of wisdom or truth.
What is a Proverb?
500
He set up a permanent, professional army, and he created specialized departments to oversee specific tasks.
Askia the Great introduced two lasting government concepts, What are they?
500
The Niger River
The civilizations of West Africa started and grew along what?
500
Most famous ruler of Mali. Spread the religion of Islam, increased Mali’s wealth and power.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
Farming and clearing the land, and Iron was used for weapons.
What were the two most important uses of iron?