Ch. 8.2- West African Empires

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Ghana’s ___________________ made it the center of an enormous trading empire.

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gold

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Muslim ____________________ became a part of African culture.

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religion & architecture

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How did Islam influence Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

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government, architecture, education

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The city of Timbuktu was known as

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The center of learning and trade.

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What are griots?

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storytellers

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What religion had a great effect on the kingdoms of Mali & Songhai?

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Islam

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What river helped the traders in Mali transport their goods?

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Niger River

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This Muslim leader in Mali started to spread Islam through west Africa: Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Askia the Great, Muhammad Ture

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Mansa Musa

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Which of the following factors is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa? Options: It had extremely productive agriculture, It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region, It traded extensively with European countries, It was the first African empire to industrialize

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It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region

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The people of West Africa preserved the record of their past through the use of: oral histories, cuneiform writings, stories written on scrolls, hieroglyphics

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oral histories