African Civilizations-2020

The savannah is

• a big dry desert.

• a wet jungle

• a region of open grassland.

• a a mountain range.

These people orally passed on traditions of their people through songs and stories.

• Griots

• Doctors

• Kings

• Berbers

This Mali city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

• Mecca

• Rome

• Los Angeles

• Timbuktu

He was a king of the Mali empire and supported the arts, learning and Islam throughout the empire.

• Mansa Musa

• Askia Muhammad

• Suni Ali

• Pumba

How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?

• by selling salt

• by converting to Islam

• by taxing goods as they entered and left the kingdom

• by trading camels

Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?

• leaders
• soldiers 
• story tellers
• children

What brought Islam to West Africa?

• War
• Trade
• Emporers
• Crusades

Who where the Berbers?

• Traders from North Africa, began trade in Africa

• A tribe the Mali empire conquered.

• The founders of the Ghana empire

• Owners of Arab caravans who brought Islam to Africa

What is a caravan?

• pilgrimage to Mecca
• group of traders that travel together
• storytellers who pass down oral history
• exchanging of goods without direct contact

Which river played an important role in the development of Mali by creating fertile farmland?

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Congo River

• Mississippi River