Greek and Roman Influences
The term Renaissance means __________ .
Rebirth
The Renaissance focused on a love of ____________ and __________________
art and education (will accept architecture)
Name the leader of Songhai who created a professional army to improve the government.
Askia the Great
The first people of Ghana lived along what body of water?
Niger River
What is an Islamic place of worship called?
mosque
The political ideal of Greece and Roma later influenced the governing ideas of ____________
The United States
The system during the Middle Ages when lords gave knights land for protection was called _____________.
Feudalism
Name the economic system that unifies and increases the power and wealth of a nation.
Mercantilism
Kingdoms gained enormous wealth by controlling the _________ and ________ trade.
Salt and Gold
Mansa Musa and what other leader of Africa was a devout Muslim?
Askia the Great
Name the disease caused by infected rats on trade ships that killed over 25 million people.
Black Death
During the Renaissance, Johannes Gutenberg invented what?
the printing press
Merchants created ___________ - ___________ ______________ which allowed people to invest together.
joint - stock companies
Besides controlling the trade routes, how else did Ghana's rulers gain wealth?
forcing traders to pay a tax on goods they carried out of Ghana
Which city was the most important center of trade for the Songhai Empire ANDwas the oldest known city in sub-Saharan Africa?
Djenne
Name the two great Renaissance artists that are famous for paintings, sculpture, and architecture.
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
Name the three great Greek thinkers
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Early North African people who established the trade routes that allowed Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to become powerful empires.
Berbers
Who became king of Mali and was known as the richest man in the world at the time. (hint: he is also remembered for his great pilgrimage to Mecca)
Mansa Musa
An invasion by which group lead to the fall of Songhia?
The Moroccans
_____________________ was a Renaissance mapmaker who was also considered mathematician, astronomer, and geographer
Claudius Ptolemy
"Every citizen votes on every issue" is a key feature of which type of government?
direct democracy
In Islam, ______________ a is a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
hajj
An Arab man named ___________________ founded Islam.
Muhammad
What did traders come to Timbuktu to trade?
Salt, gold, metals, and __________