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Three Kingdoms
Trade
Miscellaneous
African Traditions
Geography
100
The first West African kingdom. Not much is known about its history because it relied on oral tradition - so not much is left on the written record.
What is Ghana
100
A good that was mined in West Africa - it is a shiny, valuable metal
What is Gold
100

The belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess spirit.

What is Animism?

100
originating in or coming from a particular region or country.
What is Indigenous
100
Trade routes that crossed the Sahara Desert
What is the Trans-Sahara Trade Routes
200
The second West African kingdom that was led by Mansa Musa. It was the wealthiest West African kingdom. It was a Muslim empire.
What is Mali
200
A good that was traded - it was as valuable as gold because people need it to survive.
What is Salt
200
One of the five pillars, which all Muslims must follow. This pillar requires Muslims to travel to the city where their religion was founded.
What is Pilgrimage to Mecca
200
Spoken (not written) records. It includes Oral History, Folktales, and Proverbs
What is Oral Tradition
200
The most important river in West Africa
What is the Niger River
300
The last West African kingdom - it was largest West African kingdom, larger than Europe. It was a Muslim empire.
What is Songhei
300
Trading city on the northernmost point of the Niger River to reduce the distance merchants had to travel by camel. It had many libraries, universities, and cultural diversity.
What is Timbuktu
300

The Moroccans were able to defeat Songhai through the use of this early form of gun.  

What is an arquebus?

300
A storyteller that keeps the oral tradition of West Africa
What is Griot
300
Mansa Musa's travel from Timbuktu to Mecca
What is his pilgrimage
400
Founder of the Mali Empire
Who is Sundiata the Hero
400
How merchants traveled across the Sahara Desert between North Africa and the West African kingdoms to trade salt and gold
What are caravans
400

The empire of Ghana fell in the 1200s and was replaced by this kingdom

What are Songhai?

400
The lineage that goes from mother to daughter. This was discovered by ibn Battuta during his travels
What is matriarchal or matrilineal societies
400
Both of these kingdoms were Muslim
What are Mali and Songhai
500
Founder of the Songhai Empire
Who is Sonni Ali
500
When ideas (like religion) spread through trade, migration, or conquest. Example: Islam spreading to West Africa through trade.
What is Cultural Diffusion
500
King of the Mali Empire. He led a pilgrimage to Mecca where he brought 60,000 people, 12,000 slaves, and 24,000 pounds of gold from Mali to Mecca. He gave away the gold and this caused inflation.
What is Mansa Musa
500
The main purpose of a griot
What is telling stories
500
The traders of the trans-Saharan commerce in North Africa
Who were the Berbers