Trade & Economy
Why was the introduction of camels crucial to trade in West Africa?
Camels provided a faster and adapted for desert travel as a mode of transportation.
Mansa Musa was a devout follower of this religion, which he helped spread across West Africa.
Islam
These giant stone structures in East Africa were built by a kingdom known for cattle and gold.
Great Zimbabwe
He is often called the richest person in history and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
MANSA MUSA
This East African kingdom, located south of Egypt, was known for its iron-working and pyramids.
KUSH OR NUBIA
This was the first of the three great West African trading empires.
GHANA
After 1000 CE, Christian armies successfully reconquered what area from Muslim rule?
Christian armies began taking control over territory in the Iberian Peninsula
Because they had no written language for a long time, history was passed down this way.
oral tradition (or word of mouth)
Mansa Musa brought back these two types of people to build mosques and schools in Mali.
architects and scholars (or teachers)?
This is the largest hot desert in the world, located in North Africa
SAHARA
These two goods were the most important items traded across the Sahara Desert.
GOLD AND SALT
Mansa Musa is often described as the _________ person to ever live.
richest/wealthy
This city was a world-famous center of learning and trade in the Mali Empire.
Timbuktu
These traditional West African storytellers kept history alive through oral tradition.
GRIOTS
This empire followed Ghana and was founded by the "Lion King," Sundiata Keita
MALI
This river served as a "highway" for trade and a source of water for the West African empires.
NIGER RIVER
This language and culture developed on the East African coast, mixing African and Arab traditions.
Swahili
This Christian kingdom in East Africa (modern-day Ethiopia) was famous for its trade on the Red Sea.
AKSUM (AXUM)
On his pilgrimage to Mecca, Mansa Musa gave away so much of this that its value dropped for over a decade.
GOLD
This metal allowed West Africans to make superior weapons and farming tools.
IRON
This animal, introduced by the Romans, made travel across the Sahara Desert possible.
the camel?
These animals were known as "ships of the desert" because they could travel long distances without much water.
camel
This was the method of trading goods without ever speaking or meeting face-to-face
SILENT BARTER
Mansa Musa took a famous pilgrimage (Hajj) to this holy city.
MECCA
This massive desert covers most of North Africa and was a major barrier to trade.
SAHARA