Empires
Mali
Longest River in Africa
Nile
A group of people that traveled together carrying gold and salt along the Desert Highways?
Caravans
The major religion in West Africa?
This Ghana Empire was defeated by invasion from Muslim warriors, overgrazing, and what other factor?
Internal fighting
Sea to the North of Africa?
Mediterranean
Another name for the routes used by African traders?
Desert Highways
This group waged war on Ghana. This war weakened Ghana's trade network and was another factor in Ghana's demise.
Almoravids
This empire's resource was mineral iron. It taxed traders passing through their trade routes.
Ghana
The largest desert in Africa and the world?
Sahara
The southern forests of West Africa held large amounts of what good?
GOLD
Was thought of as the richest man in the world, he was from Ghana?
Mansa Musa
Berbers not only helped establish trade routes with West Africa, they also introduced the ... language
Arabic
River that unites all three empires, Mali, Songhai and Ghana
Niger
The Sahara has rich deposits of what good?
Salt
The group of people that led desert caravans through the Sahara.
Berbers
The name Ghana means...
"Warrior King" or "King of Gold" (either answer is acceptable).
The city that became a center for learning during the Mali Empire.
Timbuktu
What trade routes collected?
Taxes
These people were the first to use iron to make farming tools and weapons for defense.
The Nok people