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TRANS-SAHARAN TRADE
SPREAD OF ISLAM
MUSLIM INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION
GEOGRAPHY
POTPOURRI
100
______ was used to replenish sodium levels in the body and preserve meat.
What is Salt
100
Islam was first brought to West Africa by _______.
What is traders
100
This major city of learning is the capital of present-day Iraq.
What is Baghdad
100
This large, hot place in North Africa covers about 3.5 million square miles.
What is Sahara
100
The introduction of these animals allowed traders to establish caravan routes across the Sahara.
What is Camels
200
What essential product was needed by the North African traders?
What is Gold
200
He made a pilgrimage to Makkah and put Mali on the European map of West Africa.
What is Mansa Musa
200
This navigational tool allowed people to identify the direction in which they were traveling.
What is Compass
200
A zone of semi-desert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow.
What is Sahel
200
A people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking.
What is Nok
300
How did the traders in the Trans-Saharan trade communicate?
What is Silent barter
300
After the arrival of Islam succession became_______.
What is patrilineal
300
________means something new; an improvement
What is innovation
300
A vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season.
What is Savanna
300
An ancient West African city built along the Niger River.
What is Jenne-jeno
400
Ghana gained its wealth by__________traders passing through the kingdom.
What is taxing
400
This trading city became famous for its community of Islamic scholars.
What is Timbuktu
400
Muslim philosophers use _______and ______ to try to prove important truths.
What is logic and reason
400
This body of water was a kind of trading highway in ancient times.
What is Niger River
400
A talented poet-musician of the Mande people, who tells stories, sings songs, and recites poems to share history.
What is Griot
500
This kingdom was considered the middleman in the trans-Saharan trade.
What is Ghana
500
_______ became the language of learning, government, trade, and religion.
What is Arabic
500
In Arabic it means "something empty."
What is Zero
500
This geographical feature made trading difficult between North and West Africans
What is Sahara Desert
500
A story that is passed down orally and becomes part of a culture's tradition.
What is Folktale