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Natural Resources
Geographical Features
Adaptations
Rise of the Empire
Fall of the Empire
100
What is the region who's main resources were cedar trees, whales and salmon?
Pacific Northwest
100
What is the Southwest region's main geographic feature?
Desert
100
What is one way that the Eastern Woodland Indians adapted to their environment?
Hunting, fishing, building long houses out of birch trees
100
This empire was the first of the three and used iron to create tools for 2 reasons. Which empire is it and what are the tools they created?
Ghana Farm tools and military weapons
100
What are 3 things that led to the fall of each of the 3 empires?
Poor leadership, loss control of the trade, attacked by outsiders
200
What is the region who's main resources were sandstone, sheep, corn, beans and squash?
Desert Southwest
200
What are the two main geographical features of the Northwest?
Forests and ocean
200
What are two ways the Great Plains Indians adapted in order to hunt buffalo?
They lived in Teepees so that they could easily move and follow the herds. They used horses to follow the buffalo.
200
Why was the location of all 3 empires so important?
Gold and salt mines
200
What is it called when an area goes without rain for a long time? This helped cause the downfall of both Ghana and Songhay.
Drought
300
What is main resource of the Great Plains Indians?
Buffalo
300
What is the region that is known for having plateaus?
Great Plains
300
What is one way the Desert Southwest Indians adapted to their environment?
Built homes in cliffs for protection from enemies. Used sheep hides and wool for clothes. Planted crops that would grow with little water.
300
What are 3 things that helped each empire rise to power?
Good leadership, strong army, control of the trade
300
Each empire expanded as it conquered the previous one. Name the 3 empires from the smallest to the biggest.
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
400
What are 2 main resources of the Eastern Woodland Indians?
Deer, birch trees, salmon, trout, corn, beans, squash
400
Which region has an abundance of forests and lakes?
Eastern Woodland
400
Which region made homes out of cedar trees and clothing out of cedar bark? They also hunted whale and fished.
Pacific Northwest
400
Sundiata was the leader that led the rebellion against Ghana and began the next empire. Who was the most famous leader of this empire? Name the leader and the empire.
Leader: Mansa Musa Empire: Mali
400
Which empire was attacked by the Moroccans?
Songhay
500
What are the 2 resources that helped each West African empire rise to power?
Gold and Salt
500
What is a geographical feature?
Landforms
500
What is an adaptation?
A change by which an organism becomes better suited to its environment.
500
Name the 3 empires in chronological order. (Earliest to latest)
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
500
Which empire converted to Islam?
Mali