Red
What is a Savannah?
Grassland
What desert makes up most of North Africa?
Sahara
What is a West African Storyteller?
Grigot
What is a follower of Islam?
Muslim
Islamic temple of worship
Mosque
What is the Holy city of Islam?
Mecca
Why is Salt valuable?
It can preserve food
What ended the Kingdom of Ghana?
Overfarming
Who were hired as guides for trans-saharan caravans?
Berbers
What is the dominant religion of North Africa?
Islam
What was the Berbers' former kingdom called, and where do they live now?
Numidia, all over North Africa
Describe the Geography of West Africa
Sahara, Forests/Savannah, Gold coast
What was the legendary city in Mali that was rumored to be made of Gold?
Timbuktu
List two reasons the Kingdom of Mali was successful
Good farmland, abundance of gold
Who was the richest man of all time (possibly), and how much money did he have?
Mansa Musa, 400 million to over 1 billion
List 4 North African countries
Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
List 4 West African Countries
Ghana, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal
List 4 East African Countries
Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
DRC, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon
List 4 South African Countries
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Angola
Why did people make great efforts to cross the Sahara desert to trade?
Salt was very valuable and scarce, and could make people rich
Do you think you could survive as a Berber? why or why not?
Good answer
Which three traits of civilization could Grigots fall under?
Record Keeping, Culture, Government
How does having a lot of something make it worth less? How can it hurt an economy?
Demand for that thing will shrink because everyone has it. Things will cost more (inflation)
Why was the fact that Mansa Musa made Mali and West Africa famous a bad thing?
Europeans developed an interest in Africa, and eventually invaded