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Geography

Ghana

Mali

Trade

Vocabulary

Mixed Bag

Geography Ghana Mali Trade Songhai Mixed Bag $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

Three main geographic Regions in Africa.

What are desert, Rainforest, and grassland?

The area South of the Sahara.

What is The sub-Saharan region?

Grasslands can be described in this way.

What is a wet and dry season, Few trees, many different animals.

Three uses for the Niger River.

What is travel, farming, fishing, And fresh water?

Most trade routes in Medieval Africa ran in these directions.

What are North and south?

The kingdom of Ghana was founded near This water source.

What is the Niger River?

Trade between North and West The most important Trade between North and West Africa.

What is the Salt and Gold Trade?

Ghana used this type Of weapon to defeat Its neighbors.

What are Iron weapons?

The religion In Ghana.

Traditional African Religion?

Ghana was destroyed by this group.

Who are Muslim extremists Known as the Almoravids?

Religion of Mali.

What is Islam?

Pilgrimage to this place. Mansa Musa took a Pilgrimage to this place.

What is Mecca?

Capitol city of the Mali Empire Famed for Islamic learning.

What is Timbuktu?

Mali took over This after conquering The area of Ghana

What is the Salt and gold trade?

Mansa Musa Returned from his Hajj with these people.

Who are Scholars, Architects, artists?

Islam was Brought to Africa mainly By these people.

Who are merchants?

Trade across the Sahara. The introduction Of this animal Helped increase Trade across the Sahara.

What is The camel?

The kingdom of Ghana lacked This mineral and were willing to Trade gold for it.

What is salt?

Taghaza, located in the middle of the Sahara is an example of this.

What is a salt mine?

The kingdom of Ghana paid for its Army by doing this

Traders who came through What is taxing the Traders who came through Their land?

The belief In many gods.

What is polytheism Or polytheistic?

The area Where the desert Begins to turn Into grasslands

Is the Sahel?

Define Sub-saharan

What is the Area of Africa south Of the Saharan Desert?

Define: indiginous

What is Native, or coming for A particular area?

Define: navigable

What is Able to sail upon? (as in the Niger River)

The only navigable River in Africa

What is the Niger River?

African rituals of adulthood Might involve one Of these three things.

Giving up childhood chores What are masks, drums, Giving up childhood chores And making scars?

Salt was used for these two purposes.

lost through perspiration? What are Food preservation and to replenish salts lost through perspiration?

In Europe because it could Gold was valued In Europe because it could Be used to make these

What is Are coins?

Traditional African Religion Used drums and dancing For this purpose

What is to communicate With the gods?