African Empires

Which West African empire controlled the largest territory?

• Songhai

• Sahara

• wealth

• griots

All three empires controlled part of the ______________ Desert

• diets

• wealth

• taxing

• Sahara

The empires of ancient West Africa grew wealthy mainly by taxing the ______________________ of salt and gold through their territories

• Timbuktu

• Bantu

• taxing

• transportation

African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called ____________________

• griots

• taxing

• wealth

• diets

________________ was Ghana's main natural resource and was exported throughout Africa

• Salt

• Bantu

• wealth

• Timbuktu

Great civilizations in West Africa arose along the ________________ River

• Sahara

• Bantu

• diets

• Niger

People needed salt in their ______________ and as a preservative

• Niger

• Bantu

• diets

• wealth

Taxes on gold and salt were a major source of _____________

• Sahara

• wealth

• Bantu

• diets

____________________ was once the center of the Mali Empire and became the center of the Songhai Empire

• Timbuktu

• Bantu

• taxing

• Salt

Mansa Musa was a devoted follower of ______________ who helped spread the religion throughout the kingdom.

• Islam

• taxing

• Salt

• Bantu