West African Civilizations

What is located at box 4?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Sahara

• Djenne

• Niger River

What is located at #1?

• Timbuktu

• Djenne

• Niger River

• Saharan

Which of the 3 below were West African Kingdoms?

• Axum, Mali, and Mecca

• Ghana, Mali, and Egypt

• Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

• Zimbabwe, Songhai, and Mali

What is one thing that all indigenous African spiritual traditions have in common?

• they all believed in god and goddess

• they all make up West Africa's belief system

• they all believe in one god

What is the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe; the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena?

• ancestor worship

• Islam

• Christianity

• Animism

What is an impact of the establishment of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes in West Africa?

• Europeans traveled to West Africa to study in Timbuktu

• Islam and Arabic spread to West African centers of trade

• Horses were transported to West Africa to carry goods.

• Barber tribes were conquered and cease to exist.

How did the location of cities in the West African empires of Ghana and Mali influence their growth?

• location in river valleys allowed for extensive farming.

• coastal location made the cities major ports for maritime trade

• location on major trade routes allowed them to prosper economically.

• mountainous location made the cities easily defensible.

What was the importance of griots in African society?

• They served as central tribal leaders

• They served as the main religious leaders of their tribes

• They maintained the oral history of their people

• They conducted trade agreements for their villages

Which 2 things were necessary to making Trans-Saharan trade possible?

• Camels and gold

• Slaves and Niger River

• Camels and Oases

• Oases and gold

How did Griots help the children in villages?

• taught messages on behavior through proverbs

• taught them to read

• taught them to write

• showed them how to farm