geography
This area is Approximately 3.5 million square miles in North Africa and the northern part of West Africa.
Sahara
Which technology did the Nok people adopt as early as 500 B.C.E.?
Ironworking
What was needed to live, keep food from spoiling, and to nourish cattle?
salt
What happened when Mansa Musa spent lots of gold in Alexandria?
He caused inflation that took years for the city to recover from.
Why has oral tradition been so important in West Africa?
because there was no written records
This geographic region is South of the savanna in the southern part of West Africa.
Forest
These were poet-musicians that memorized stories and passed them down
griots
How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?
by taxing goods
How did Islam first spread into West Africa
Along trade routes used by Berber traders who were early converts to Islam.
What are griots?
storytellers
this geographic region is Semidesert area that is not as dry as the Sahara. Has small bushes and trees.
Sahel
He was the richest man to ever live
Mansa Musa
What did extended-family groups do for defense against dangerous floods or enemies?
they joined their communities to form villages
He went on this religious journey to Mecca in 1324
Hajj
free points
300
This geographic area is An area of tall grasses and scattered trees. Has a long rainy season so grains grow there.
Savanna
This person in an empire was the only person allowed to have more than just gold dust
Ruler/King
Name one advantage to the silent-barter system
it allowed people of different languages to trade and it allowed the Wangaran people to guard their gold mine secret
His pilgrimage included over 100 camels carrying this
gold
what is kente?
a brightly colored and patterned textile usually worn by royality
.Suppose a West African community is able to grow many crops of grain due to the long rainy season.
That community is most likely in which geographic region?
Savanna
They were the people that kept the location of their gold mines secret
Wangarans
.Give two reasons that the kingdom of Ghana declined
Muslim attacks and loss of natural resources
Mansa Musa was protected and surrounded by these...dressed in gold collars and accessories
dogs
Name one of the traditional instruments played in West Africa that we saw during this unit
ngoni, kora, balafon