West African Civilizations

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What is located at box 4? Options: Atlantic Ocean, Sahara, Djenne, Niger River

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Sahara

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What is located at #1?

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Timbuktu

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Which of the 3 below were West African Kingdoms? Axum, Mali, and Mecca; Ghana, Mali, and Egypt; Ghana, Mali, and Songhai; Zimbabwe, Songhai, and Mali

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

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What is the belief that gives a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena?

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Animism

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What is an impact of the establishment of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes in West Africa?

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Islam and Arabic spread to West African centers of trade

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How did the location of cities in the West African empires of Ghana and Mali influence their growth?

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location on major trade routes allowed them to prosper economically.

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What was the importance of griots in African society?

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They maintained the oral history of their people.

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Which 2 things were necessary to making Trans-Saharan trade possible? Camels and gold, Slaves and Niger River, Camels and Oases, Oases and gold

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Camels and Oases

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How did Griots help the children in villages?

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taught messages on behavior through proverbs

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African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called

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Griot