Africa (West Africa)

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Which of the following is the most similar to a griot? historian, firefighter, politician, doctor

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historian

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What are griots?

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They are the keepers of the oral histories of West Africa.

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Which of the following is the name of a city that grew into a major center of learning and culture? Timbuktu, Tallahassee, Tuscaloosa, Taipei

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Timbuktu

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What is the term used to describe the trade that took place between West Africa and northern Africa?

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trans-saharan

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How do griots deliver their stories?

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through song and dance

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Which of the following WAS NOT an effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage?
- Islam was spread.
- Mali became more famous.
- Europeans began to take notice of, and interest in, Africa.
- Africans wanted to leave Africa and go to North America.

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Africans wanted to leave Africa and go to North America.

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Which of the following words best describes Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca? extravagant, small, ordinary, private

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extravagant

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The most important river in West Africa. It flows for 2600 miles into the interior of the region before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea.

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Niger

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The Sahara is

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the world's largest desert

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What was the main reason camels were used as the dominant source of transportation across northern Africa?

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They were very good at traveling across the Sahara Desert.