aFRICAN cIVILIZATIONS

Wealth in Ghana was obtained through

• Gold and Salt Mines

• Peanut Farms

• Military Conquest

Controlling ________ was important for Ghana to get goods from other regions and tax travelers

• Rivers

• Trade Routes

• Churches

The word Ghana means...

• King

• President

• Lion

The decline of Ghana came from

• Christian Empires moving in and weakening the Empire

• Groups of converted Muslims broke away from the Kingdom which weakened the Empire

• Lost all of their trade routes

Mali broke off from Ghana and grew its empire through...

• the Spread of Christianity

• Development of Agriculture and improving trade routes.

• Creating new lakes around the capital city

Mansa Musa created one of the first standing ______ of Western African Kingdoms that allowed them to maintain power

• Statues

• Columns

• Army

The Mali Empire encouraged ______ in their Kingdom which increased their knowledge

• Warfare and Income

• Religion and Meditation

• Learning and Art

The decline of Mali came from....

• Invasions from multiple empires and rebellion by the Songhai

• Corruption from Mansa Musa

• Drought and Disease

The Songhai Empire developed from rebelling against

• Mali

• Ghana

• The United States

The Songhai empire saw great developments in

• Culture

• Art

• Education

• All of these