L15 early societies in west Africa

World's largest desert in Northern Africa

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Gobi

• Rub Al Kahli

trade across the Sahara Desert

• Mansa Musa

• Savanna Trade

• Trans-Saharan Trade

• Bi-Coastal Trade

first West African Empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade.

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Griots

second West African empire that prospered from gold-salt trade. After converting to Islam, became a center of Muslim culture.

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Griots

Professional story-tellers or oral historians; record keepers of their culture

• Professors

• Griots

• Proverbs

• Kinship

a new culture formed in trading towns along East Africa; also a language of East Africa.

• Swahili

• French

• Egyptian

• Axum

The trade of which two products shaped the early history of North and West Africa?

• ivory and salt
• salt and gold
• silk and gold
• spices and ivory

Which statement illustrates the order of the West African kingdoms?

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai
• Sahara, Mali, Ghana
• Timbuktu, Mali, Songhai
• Songhai, Mali, Ghana

Early societies of _________ Africa were influenced by Mediterranean cultures such as the Byzantines, Phoenicians, & Romans.

• North
• South
• East
• West

African societies south of the ___________ were isolated & missed out on the cultural diffusion of the Classical Era

• Sahara Desert
• Kalihari Desert
• Senegal River
• Niger River