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African Landscape
Africa's Natural Resources
Rise of Ghana
Gold and Salt Trade
Vocabulary
100
Part of Africa is the part that lies south of the Sahara
What is Sub-Saharan
100
Africa has long been rich in...
What are minerals
100
Metal tools and weapons were stronger than...
What are wood, bone, or stone tools and weapons
100
Which region needed gold
What is West Africa
100
Highland area of fairly flat land
What is a Plateau
200
Smooth and mostly unbroken by natural harbors; lack of harbors discouraged trade
What is Africa's Coastline
200
Most prized resource; foundation on which trading empires were built
What is gold
200
First Africans to developed iron skills here
What is Kush and Nubia
200
North Africa was rich in and needed
What is salt and gold
200
Products of nature with economic value
What is a natural resource
300
A fertile region with limited and unpredictable rainfall
What is the Sahel
300
Valuable minerals besides gold...
What is copper, iron, diamonds, and salt
300
Sonninke People founded what, between what two rivers
Who founded kingdoms between Niger and Senegal rivers
300
Gold was used as?
What is the basis of currency many countries
300
An account of something passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another
What is Oral History
400
Each zone has its own climate and types of plants that fits its climate
What are Vegetation Zones
400
Africa's trading empires were successful because of who?
What are skilled farmers
400
Because metal tools were created...
What is population grew
400
Salt was used for..
What is adding flavor and was essential for good health
400
A division of jobs and skills in a society
What is Labor Specialization
500
Provided a route for trade and travel across the interior of West Africa
What is the Niger River
500
Was an important foundation for their growing government
What is agricultural wealth
500
Because food supplies increased...
What are not everyone in Ghana had to work at growing food.
500
North Africa brought these goods to West Africa
What are steel swords, copper, and silks
500
Income to run the government
What is Revenue