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Geography and Early Africa
The Empire of Ghana
Later Empires
Historical and Artistic Traditions
Bonus
100
Long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the Earth's crust
What are rifts?
100
a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other
What is silent barter?
100
A leader of Mali who began the empire's rise to power
Who is Sundiata?
100
A spoken record of past events
What is oral history?
100
A hand-woven, brightly colored fabric
What is a kente?
200
Africa south of the Sahara
What is sub-Saharan Africa?
200
People who lived in small groups and farmed land along the Niger River.
What is the Soninke?
200
Mali's most famous Muslim ruler.
Who is Mansa Musa?
200
Storytellers of West Africa
What are griots?
200
Leader of Songhai's expansion
Who is Sunnia Ali?
300
In West Africa, what do the different regions running east and west have in common?

they are all covered with grassland

300
An empire that formed when the Soninke began to band together against nomadic herders who wanted to move into the are.
What is Ghana?
300
An empire that was a rival to Mali
What is Songhai?
300
Short sayings of wisdom or truth
What are proverbs?
300
It usually included the father, mother, children, and close relatives in one hour hold.
What is an extended family?
400
Africa's main resources
What are salt and gold mines?
400
The ruler who lead the empire of Ghana to it's peak.
Who is Tunka Main?
400
Songhai's religion
What is Islam?
400
Long poems about kingdoms and heroes
What are epics?
400
a strip of land with little rainfall that divides the desert from wetter areas
What is the Sahel?
500
the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
What is animism?
500
Three major factors that contributed to Ghana's end.
What is invasion, overgrazing, and internal rebellion?
500
Leader of Songhai who overthrew Sunni Baru
Who is Askia the Great?
500
West Africans expressed themselves through these activities
What is art, music, and dance?
500
The country Deacon Carl talked about.
What is Tanzania?