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Migration
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Trade and Religion
100
This phrase means "the people.
What is Bantu?
100
The year when Ghana became an empire.
When is 800 AD?
100
These people were inhabitants of this region.
Who are the Mande-speaking people?
100
The empire of Songhai was located in this region.
Where is the East?
100
The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects.
What is animism?
200
“ A patch of the forest is cut down and burned”.
What is the slash and burn technique?
200
Ghana was located in this region.
Where is the West African savanna/forest region?
200
This title means emperor in Mali.
What is “Mansa”?
200
The Songhai empire captured this Mali city.
Where is Timbuktu?
200
This was one of the wealthiest trading cities because it was in the southern region.
Where is Kilwa?
300
This river guided the Bantus?
Where is the Congo River?
300
This group of people conquered Ghana in 1076?
Who are the Muslim Almoravids?
300
This figure went on a pilgrimage to Mecca for 1 year.
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
This leader was a great military leader.
Who is Sunni Ali?
300
The development of this language was a direct result of the blending of both Arabic and Bantu languages.
What is Swahili?
400
The Bantu people migrated to these two regions.
Where is the southern and eastern region?
400
The remainder of the people practiced this.
What is animism?
400
Mosques were built in these two cities.
Where is Timbuktu and Gao?
400
Songhai declined because they had none of this.
What is modern weaponry?
400
The western sub-Sahara contains more than this percentage of the gold supply in the world.
What is 60%?
500
The Bantu people shared this skill when they migrated to other areas.
What is iron working?
500
The royals and upper-class practiced this and spoke this?
What is Islam and Arabic?
500
Mali declined because this was found in new areas?
What is gold?
500
This leader who set up a tax system and appointed ministers.
Who is Askia Muhammed?
500
South of the Sahara, Islam spread this way.
What is trade?