3. Geo- graphy Ghana Mali Songhai Mix it up $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

4. River that acted as a natural highway for trade in West Africa

5. What is the Niger River? Niger River

6. Name the three vegetation zones of West Africa

7. What is the desert, grassland or savannah and forest?

8. Important center for trade and learning along the Niger River.

9. What is Timbuktu? Timbuktu

10. Most of Ghana’s gold mines were located located in this part of the kingdom.

11. What is savannah in the Southern West Africa?

12. How was the Niger River important to West Africa?

13. What is trading, communication, transportation irrigation ?

14. First West African trading empire.

15. What is Ghana? Ghana

16. Helped Ghana grow wealthy from taxes.

17. What is the salt and gold trade? salt and gold trade

18. The king had many responsibilities.

19. What is keep trading run smoothly, perform religious ceremonies and held court to settle disputes?

20. C2 R4 - $400 Traders from the North who brought salt and Islam to West Africa.

21. C2 R4 - $400 Who are the Berbers?

22. Ghana lost power after a brief take over by these people.

23. What are the Almoravids? Almoravids

24. Took over Ghana becoming West Africa’s second great trading empire.

25. What is Mali? Mali

26. How did the Trans- Saharan trade influence West Africa?

27. Brought a new religion Islam, Islamic geometric art, ethics, law and ethics.

28. Why did Mansa- Musa brought such an elaborate caravan to Mecca?

29. What is to increase trade by showing his wealth?

30. What religion did Ghana’s kings follow?

31. What is ISLAM?

32. Who were the Berbers?

33. What is North African nomads who established the Trans-Saharan trade?

34. Labor specializations contributed to the clan’s economy.

35. What is a diverse economy?

36. How did the Niger River affect the economy of West Africa?.

37. What is annual floods created rich soil, key to route for trade?

38. Many West Africans learned Arabic.

39. What is to study the Quran?

40. Who developed Timbuktu as a center of trade?

41. Who is Sundiata?

42. How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?

43. What is taxing trade?

44. This formed the basis for village life in West Africa.

45. What is kinship? kinship

46. In West African villages, what did most people’s lives center on?

47. What is farming?

48. What did most West Africans feel the strongest loyalty to ?.

49. What is family (kinship) and village ?

50. What did Mansa-Musa bring back to Mali from his pilgrimage?

51. What is scholars and architects?

52. How did Islam influence Ghana’s rulers?

53. What is Islam’s use of written language helped Muslims gain power in the government?

54. #1

55. Daily Double What role did kinship groups play in West African society?

56. Daily Double What is basis of government?

57. #2

58. Daily Double Name at least three of Sundiata’s accomplishments?

59. Daily Double 1.Developed the city of Timbuktu 2.Expanded the empire beyond Ghana’s borders. 3.Supported the development of food crops. 4.He balanced the Islamic beliefs with his traditional religious beliefs. 5.Re-established the salt-gold trade