Ghana
What did the Trans-Saharan trade heavily rely on?
Gold and Salt
Richest Ruler in Mali.
Mansa Musa
Stonetown
A social system that determines an individual's place in social structure.
Caste System
A zone of trees, grasses, and moderate rain between the Sahel and Rainforest zones.
Savanna
How did emperors grow rich from the Gold-Salt trade?
They taxed gold producers.
A professional storyteller and oral historian who is the keeper of West African history.
Griot
What religion was popular in East Africa early on?
Christianity
Connection based on family relationships.
Kinship
A religious journey to the holy city of Mecca.
Hajj
When traders would walk or ride their camels in big groups.
Caravan
Why was Cairo's economy upset by Mali?
Mansa Musa spent too much gold there.
What were the two main kingdoms of East Africa?
Axum and Kush
List the 4 key features of African Culture.
Music, Dance, Art, and Oral Traditions.
Raised but flat region of land.
Plateau
What were the three main kingdoms of West Africa?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
What effect did the gold trade have on Mali?
Turned Mali's culture into a rich empire.
How did Islam spread in East Africa?
Through trade and merchants.
List the 5 main society groups of African societies in order.
Emperor, nobles/kings, traders/freepeople, skilled workers, slaves.
This encouraged trade and ideas to move throughout Africa.
The geography
Why did Ghana decline?
Overpopulation, food shortages, and over dependence on trade.
Copper, gold, kola nuts, people, salt, ivory, horses, cloth, pottery, jewels, metal tools.
What culture group formed in trading towns?
Swahili
Polyrythmic drumming.
Name 5 natural resources does Africa offer.
Gold, copper, salt, trees, farm land