Kingdoms of West Africa

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What was the key to the success of the West African kingdoms?

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Trade

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Which of these is necessary for survival, especially in the desert? Salt, Gold, Slaves, Clothes

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Salt

Front

There as so much ________ in West Africa, that people actually built buildings out of it.

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salt

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What is the importance of Timbuktu and Djenné?

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They strengthened cultural and trading connections between West Africa and the world.

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Which of these trades would have made the most sense for the Kingdom of Mali? Gold for Salt, Gold for Copper, Gold for Fresh Water, Gold for Slaves

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Gold for Salt

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What did Askia the Great use to unite his kingdom?

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Islam

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Who conquered the Songhai in the end?

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Arabs and Berbers

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Which West African kingdom had a ruler named Mansa Musa?

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Mali

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Which West African kingdom had a ruler named Askia the Great?

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Songhai

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Which of these most accurately describes why the kingdoms of West Africa kept getting attacked and conquered? Options: West African kingdoms were constantly invading other kingdoms. Those kingdoms wanted revenge. Islam required that Muslims constantly go to war with unbelievers. Other people wanted to control the wealthy trade routes of West Africa. Europeans wanted to colonize the world and attacked anyone they thought they could conquer.

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Other people wanted to control the wealthy trade routes of West Africa.