Songhai Empire Map Resources World History: Unit 2, Module 1, Lesson 3
Warm Up: Get out your binders and open to page 11 of Unit 2. Get out your binders and open to page 11 of Unit 2.
Songhai Empire eum.org/toah/hd/s ghi/hd_sghi.htm
Africa: Vegetation and Climate Zones Brown = desert Yellow = grass and brush Light green = grasslands Darker green = forests Pink= semi-desert ( m/free-maps- africa/africa_veg_86.jpg)
Trade Routes and Gold/Salt Mines Gold Mines Salt Mines Timbuktu
Combined Vegetation and Trade Route Map ngsParkES/technology/ mali/malimap.htm
Religions of Africa ( CE) Green = Islam Yellow = Traditional/Indigenous Religions Pink = Christianity 750 CE 1500 CE
Questions: 1.From these maps, which natural resources were located in West Africa? 2.How might the Sahara Desert create both a challenge and an opportunity for the Songhai Empire? 3.Based on these maps, to what extent was the location of the Songhai Empire important for their success? 4.Using the map about the religions of Africa and information you learned about Islam in lesson 1, explain how the spread of Islam may have helped or hindered the Songhai Empire?