West Africa

Question 1

What ancient west African city was built along the niger river?

Answer 1

Djenne

Question 2

What were clans based on

Answer 2

Lineage

Question 3

What are the two largest rivers in west Africa?

Answer 3

Niger and Senegal

Question 4

Order of the three kingdoms that formed in Africa?

Answer 4

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Question 5

Which of the three kingdoms became a major crossroad of the Islamic world?

Answer 5

Mali

Question 6

How did the two rivers play a major part in the lives of Africans?

Answer 6

These rivers helped with transportation and trade between cities

Question 7

How did trade impact west African societies?

Answer 7

These west African societies got influenced by other cultures and helped with their artwork and religion.

Question 8

What is Trans-Saharan trade?

Answer 8

This is a trade network between the north and south ends of the Sahara desert.

Question 9

Which animal did traders start using around 300ce to move goods across the Sahara?

Answer 9

Camel

Question 10

What region did gold come from in west Africa?

Answer 10

The south in the Sahel desert

Question 11

What region did salt come from in west Africa?

Answer 11

The north in the Sahara desert

Question 12

What is Ghana known for?

Answer 12

This kingdom was known for religious tolerance and welcomed Muslims.

Question 13

Who weakened Ghana and what were the reasons it fell?

Answer 13

The Amaravids weakened Ghana and Ghana also suffered from food shortages since it relied heavily on trade.

Question 14

Who is Sundiata?

Answer 14

Sundiata was the first king of Mali. He defeated the Soso people and expanded Mali´s lands.

Question 15

Who was Mansa Musa

Answer 15

Mansa Musa was a really rich Emporer of Mali. He practiced the Islamic religion devotedly and gave many people gold throughout is reign.

Question 16

Explain Mansa Musa hajj.

Answer 16

Mana Musa went on a hajj to mecca and brought a caravan that stretched as far as the eye could see. You stopped in Cyro and gave out so much gold that he crashed the market and caused inflation.

Question 16

How did Mansa Musa establish Mali as a center for Muslim culture?

Answer 16

He built many mosques and encouraged learning. You donated tons of money to universities and made the empire very rich and lavish

Question 17

Explain the importance of Timbuktu.

Answer 17

Timbuktu was the center of learning during the Mali empire. Mansa Musa built many mosques and universities to encourage learning in the city.

Question 18

Who is Sunni Ali?

Answer 18

Sunni Ali strengthened the Songhai kingdom and unified the lands under one ruler. He also fought the Tuareg invaders.

Question 19

Who is Askia Muhammad?

Answer 19

Askia Muhammad divided the empire into different provinces and assigned a governor to each one, unlike Sunni Ali.

Question 20

Who brought down the Songhai empire?

Answer 20

Moroccan invaders

Question 21

In what areas did Songhai scholars make advances?

Answer 21

Biology, Medicine, Law and, Agriculture

Question 22

What language did the Songhai empire speak?

Answer 22

Arabic

Question 23

What is a west African Historian called? Describe them.

Answer 23

A west African storyteller is called a griot. These storytellers would sing and tell tales about the past. They also passed down information that we use today to research the past.

Question 24

When stories began to be written down what language were they in?

Answer 24

Arabic

Question 25

How did the location of west African cities help in major growth?

Answer 25

They were right in the middle of the Trans-Saharan trade routes so that brought in a lot of money and new ideas.

Question 26

Describe religions in Africa before Islam became popular.

Answer 26

They worshiped their ancestors before Islamic Faith

Question 27

What is animism?

Answer 27

Animism is the belief that everything has a spiritual essence