4C: West African Empires

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai become powerful--

• Selling Africans to the Portuguese slave traders

• Controlling trade in West Africa

• Claiming large trunks of land in North America

• Selling improved navigational tools

The West African empires traded gold to the Portuguese for --

• Salt, tea, & silk

• Metal, cloth, & other manufactured goods

• Books from Timbuktu

• Trees, tea, & cotton

The _____ carried goods from ______ to the West African Empires, trading metals, cloth, and other manufactured goods.

• Portuguese, Europe, & gold

• Italian, Alaska, & silver

• French, Asia, & spices

• Native Americans, Europe, & silk

West African culture was shaped by the ________________________  trade network

• Trans-Saharan
• Indian Ocean
• Middle Eastern
• Mediterranean 

Ghana, Mali, & Songhai are located near the _______ river.

• Mississippi

• Colorado

• Niger

• Ohio

First and Smallest empire

(a)  

Second empire

(a)  

Third and largest empire

(a)  

Where were the West African empires located

• East of the Sahara Desert

• North of the Kalahari desert

• South of the Sahara Desert

• Near the Galapagos Island