Review: Unit 3 Middle Ages

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What was the unifying factor in the trade network of the Islamic Empire?

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Arabic language

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What people broke away from Mali's empire & eventually gained control of all important trade routes to build their own empire?

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Songhai

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How did Islam spread through Africa?

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Conquest & the gold-salt trade

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What two products did the West African empires get their wealth from?

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gold & salt

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The Ghana Empire was known as the Land of...

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Gold

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Which great leader of Mali is famous for his hajj (pilgrimage) to the Muslim holy city of Mecca? He was a Muslim, so he was practicing one of the 5 Pillars on this trip... He nearly bankrupt the entire world because he gave away so much gold on this Hajj!!!

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Mansa Musa

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What was the title given to the king or emperor of Mali?

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mansa

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Around 1200 CE, this person unified the Mongol Empire

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Genghis Khan

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Kublai Khan established a new dynasty when he ruled over China. He called this dynasty the _____________

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Yuan

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Genghis Khan promoted people based on ___________

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merit (individual ability)