Unit 4 Flashcard Review

Front

What physical landscape in Africa served as a major trading route for the major empires of Western Africa?

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Sahara Desert

Front

The oldest of the big three West African empires who was known to control the trade routes to make money.

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Ghana

Front

The Ghana Empire was able to grow rich by which of the following?
Controlling the trade routes across the Sahara, Owning silver mines, Owning diamond mines, Controlling the iron trade

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Controlling the trade routes across the Sahara

Front

The two most important goods traded in the Trans-Saharan trade were:

Back

Gold and salt

Front

The western African empire of Mali’s FIRST emperor was:

Back

Sundiata, the lion king

Front

The empire of Mali adopted this major monotheistic religion:

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Islam

Front

This emperor of Mali was crucial in the spread of this new religion, doubling the size of Mali, and in creating mosques and learning centers in the empire.

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Mansa Musa, the gold king

Front

The capital of the empire of Mali was the leading center for religious studies and the center of trade. It was called:

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Timbuktu

Front

Known as the “ships of the desert”, these were used to travel across the Sahara Desert for trade.

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Camels

Front

All of the following empires were in Mesoamerica, EXCEPT? Mayan, Olmec, Aztec

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Songhai