West Africa

What was the original way that things are pasted down in West Africa?

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

• Uncle to Nephew

Smelting is

• process of applying heat to ore in order to extract iron to make tools

• when it is hot out and you are sweating a lot

• Yelling loudly

• a type of warfare

What is the name of the area between the Sahara Desert and the African savanna?

• Sahel

• Niger River

• Songhai

• Rainforest

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 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

Why did the people of Mali need griots?

• because they had no written language

• because they needed a ruler

• because they were good traders

The Nok were the first group to use iron farm tools. Farming was easier, so more _____ was produced and the ________ increased.

• gold - salt

• food - population

• food - camels

• salt - religion

How did Ghana rise to power and become so rich?

• They controlled dozens of gold mines.

• They taxed traders who were traveling along the trade routes.

• They controlled dozens of salt mines.

• They stole the gold and salt that was being transported through their lands.

I united kings and distributed lands.

I am the founder of the Mali Empire.

I am called the "Lion King"

Who am I?

• A griot

• Mansa Musa

• Muhammad

• Sundiata

I am a great king of Mali.
I made a famous hajj to Mecca.
I am said to be the wealthiest man who ever lived. 
Who am I?

• Griot
• Mansa Musa
• Muhammad
• Sundiata