West African Societies

The traditional religion of Animism believes

• objects in nature have souls

• in worship of animals

• all animals go to heaven

• in the Eight-fold Path of Islam

Ancient West Africans performed religious rituals and honored their

• ancestors

• diversity

• future

• own strength

I provide fresh water and fish.

I provide fertilizer for the savanna and rain forest.

I have been described as a "highway" by West African traders.

Who am I?

• Mansa Musa

• Muhammad

• The Niger River

• The Yellow River

I get a lot of rain and I am always damp.

I am a source for oil palms, yams, and teak and mahogany trees.

Hidden in me you MAY find Wangaran gold mines.

Who am I?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Sahel

• The Savanna

• The Rainforest

I am home to animals who like to eat my tall grasses and shrubs.

I usually get enough rainfall to fill my rivers and make farming possible.

Who am I?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Sahel

• The Savanna

• The Rainforest

I am home to grazing animals who survive on my low growing grasses, thorny shrubs, and acacia trees.

I get more rain than the desert.

Who am I?

• The Sahara

• The Sahel

• The Savanna

• The Rainforest

I am huge; about 3.5 million square miles.

I am dry and hot.

I provide slabs of salt.

Who am I?

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Arabian

Most of Africa's rainfall occurs in:

• rift valleys

• deserts

• coastal areas

• Rainforests

What river helped the traders in Mali transport their goods?

• Nile River

• Yangtze River

• River Thames

• Niger River

I write poems.
I sing songs and dance. 
I am the official storyteller and keeper of history. 
Who am I?
 

• A king
• A trader
• A griot
• A shaman