West African Kingdoms: GHANA

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Why were traders willing to risk crossing the dangerous Sahara?

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traders could become very wealthy from trading the goods they gathered

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How did the West African empires build their wealth? Options: through the domestication and selling of camels, by conquering other civilizations in Africa, controlling gold mines and trade routes, through enslaving people, by producing illuminated manuscripts

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controlling gold mines and trade routes

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Why was gold considered valuable?

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durability, rarity, beauty, malleability

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In addition to gold, what other commodities were transported along African trade routes? Iron, ivory, textiles, spices, all of the above

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all of the above

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How specifically did the kings and kingdom of Ghana become so wealthy?

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taxes collected from merchants, gold nuggets, location of mines were kept secret

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What made Ghana a strong and powerful empire?

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salt and gold trade

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What natural resources were found in the kingdom of Ghana? Gold, Salt, iron ore

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All of these

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What new religion was brought to Ghana?

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Islam

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What is animism?

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the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

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How did Ghana change between the 700s and 1200s CE?

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Ghana became an islamic society