Geography and Trade
This geographic feature covers about 1/4 of the Sahara
What are sand dunes?
This was the king of Ghana's role in the army
What is head of the army?
West Africans got their salt from this area
Where is Taghaza OR the Sahara?
This famous ruler of Mali made Islam more widespread in West Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa?
West Africans adopted this new type of clothing from Muslim culture.
What are Arabic robes?
This region is south of the Sahara
What is the Sahel?
These two groups helped the king rule
Who are government officials and governors?
These are some of the reasons salt was valuable to West Africans
What are it preserved food, replaced body salt lost through perspiration, and was needed by cattle?
West Africans adopted this practice as part of their new Islamic faith.
What is praying in Arabic, fasting, worshipping in mosques, making pilgrimages, or giving alms?
This language became the primary language for religion, learning, commerce, and government in West Africa.
What is Arabic?
These were some of the ways villages became trading sites and eventually cities.
What are placed along trade routes and taxed trade?
These two factors led to the growth of the trans-Saharan trade
What are camels and spread of Islam?
Gold was valuable to West Africans because...
What is used to make coins, trade for silk and porcelian from China, or a rare precious metal?
Arabic became important for historians for this reason.
What is writing about the history and culture of West Africa?
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca had this major effect on Mali’s global reputation.
What is making Mali famous worldwide and appearing on European maps?
This allowed for more efficient farming, leading to food surpluses and job specialization
What are iron tools?
Ghana made its money from trade by doing this
What are taxing goods coming into and out of the empire?
This region south of Ghana was known for its gold mines
What is Wangara or forest region?
Under Islamic rule, royal inheritance changed from matrilineal to this system.
What is patrilineal (father to son)?
These were two major aspects of life that changed in West Africa due to Islam.
What are government, architecture, clothing, language, law, or religious practices? (Any two)
This city grew at the intersection of the Niger and Bani rivers, becoming a major center of trade.
What is Jenne-jeno?
This system of trade allowed people who spoke different languages to exchange goods
What is silent-barter system?
These were two advantages of the silent barter system
What are allowed trade between different language speakers and kept gold mine locations secret?
These were the two major architectural influences Islam brought to West Africa.
What are mosques and brick, flat-roofed houses?
Many people traveled to Mali during Mansa Musa’s reign for these reasons.
What are trading and settling as scholars, merchants, or traders?