Trade
Ancient Ghana was once known was the Kingdom of ____.
What is the Kingdom of Gold?
A ruler of Mali with lots of gold, this Muslim king is considered one of the richest people in history
Who is Mansa Musa?
This ancient empire controlled the Sahara as it also controlled the caravan routes that crossed it.
What is Mali?
a form of writing, specifically used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent words.
What is hieroglyphics?
The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet, or the process of making someone good at home life.
What is domestication?
Ancient Kush traded ivory and _____.
Ebony
Kush's main industry
What is iron-working?
These three cultures combined to create West African culture.
What are Arab, Africa, and Asian cultures?
A ruler in ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
A sequence of rulers from the same family.
What is dynasty?
This ancient empire was known for silk and cotton.
What is Swahili?
Ghana earned a lot of its money from taxing _____.
Trade
In a complicated relationship, these two empires were once united until one finally won independence from the other.
What is Egypt and Kush?
This body of water was crucial to the success of the Egyptians.
What is the Nile River?
the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using word of mouth
What is oral history?
This ancient empire sold slaves to Europeans
What is the Kongo Kingdom?
Songhai's army was unique because its warriors ________.
Rode horses
This European nation received slaves from the Kongo Kingdom as a business transaction until they started abducting people from the Kongo.
What is Portugal?
Name one thing the Egyptians put in pharaohs' tombs.
Jewels, gold, jewelry, mummified pets, food, wine.
The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a soul.
What is animism?
This ancient empire had a strong government where many citizens had roles such as judges and governors.
What is the Kongo Kingdom?
This ancient empire built "The Great Enclosure," which was said to have protected a school.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
What is the Songhai Empire?
The Egyptians created what invention that we continue to use today?
What is the 365-day calendar?
A member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
What is a griot?