Unit 3 test study guide

Define griots

• Storytellers who were respected in Africa for keeping history alive – helped to remember the past

• The belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe

• A subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group

• The richest man in History the king of Mali

Define elders council

• a subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group

• Storytellers who were respected in Africa for keeping history alive – helped to remember the past

• In Western Africa who were known as the leaders and decision makers of the village

• Richest man in the history the king of Mali

Define aminism

• The belief that spirits can be found in nature such as water, trees, and animals

• The leaders and decision makers of the village

• Storytellers who were respected in Africa for keeping history alive – helped to remember the past

• richest man in the world; the king of Mali

These two minerals helped the Ghana and Mali empire become very prosperous.

• Salt and Copper

• Copper and Ivory

• Gold and Salt

• Gold and Copper

This river provider drinking water, fishing, farming, and reliable route for trade and travel in West Africa

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Mississipi River

• Colorado River

Due to people living in different vegetation zones they had different resources and different needs this created what?

• War

• Raids

• Trade

• Taxes

Why did Mali prosper more than Ghana with the Trans-Saharan trade route?

• Mali fought off the muslim warriors in North Africas islamic empire

• This statement is false because Ghana prospered longer because they controlled the gold supply

• Mali prospered because the leaders converted into the religion of Islam making great connections with the northern muslims

• None of the above

Mali's most famous Muslim ruler is remembered for his hajj to Mecca and his encouragement of Islamic learning. He was:

• Sundiaita the real lion king

• Mansa Musa

• Mossi

• Muhammad

What words describes the connections based on family relationships?

• Aminism

• Age Sect

• Kinship

• Bante Cloth

Due to the different vegetation zones people bought and sold local goods, as well as, goods from distant lands. Most villages economies were based on

• Iron

• producing food (farming)

• Oral history

• None of the above