Vocabulary!
Information passed down by speaking ONLY
What is oral history?
Forest with lots of rain and very hot weather
What is tropical rainforest?
Effect: Mali, a new empire, came into power
Cause: Ghana empire fell?
This famous Mali ruler's death led to the rise of the Songhai empire
Who was Mansa Musa?
These two items were a major part of trade in West Africa
What are gold and salt?
A lack or rain (dry weather)
A journey to a sacred place
What is a pilgrimage?
Cause: There was no (common) written language
Effect: Oral history or storytellers (griots) were how they passed information?
This city was a center for learning and culture in the Mali Empire
What was Timbuktu?
Name the 3 empires we discussed in chronological order
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
Region with tall grasses and few trees
What is savanna?
Storytellers responsible for sharing an area's history
What are griots?
Effect: Ghana could build better weapons and tools
Cause: They mined iron ore?
He was the Songhai leader responsible for creating a huge army and expanding territory
Who was Sonny Ali?
These TWO factors caused Ghana to decline as an empire
What are invaders (from N.Africa) and drought?
What is a Muslim?
Major religion of the world
What is Islam?
Effect: They used camels for travel
Cause: Crossing the Sahara Desert was hard?
He was the leader of Mali when it first came into power
Who was Sundiata?
What were 2 major accomplishments of Mansa Musa?
What are built up Timbuktu, made a pilgrimage, built up the army, and used money wisely?
Quality of mutually relying on others
What is interdependence?
Variety of territories or groups controlled by 1 government
What is an empire?
Cause: Ghana offered protection to traders
Effect: They taxed traders?
When the Mali empire expanded and included this country, they became more wealthy and built a stronger army.
What was Egypt
These 3 events led to the fall of the Songhai empire
What are poor leadership, North Africa invasion, civil war, difficulty controlling the empire, and drought?