____________ is the world's largest desert

long deep valleys formed by the movement of the Earth's crust?

what are West Africa's three main rivers of Africa?

the Niger river allowed people to live in West Africa and it was a source of

How many climate regions does West Africa have?

the entire area of Africa is warm, but _________ varies from north to south.

the word impact means

What location in West African was the first empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade

How high can temperatures climb in the Sahara desert?

a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas.

________ is open grassland with scattered trees.

this band gets heavy rain that is a moist, densely wooded area near the equator.

What is West Africa's three main resources?

a system of social organization based on family ties is called a

the kinship system started from an __________ that includes the father, mother, children, and close relatives.

_________ is a large group of people who are related to each other.

__________ is leadership passed from fathers or grandfathers to sons, grandsons, or nephews

________ is leadership passed down through the mother's family.

What specific duties did the men have

What was one the most important duties of the West African women?

What played a major role in West African's belief?

______ is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

What BC, did West Africans make a discovery that would change their lives forever?

West Africans found out that they could heat certain kinds of rock to get _________

iron was good for making

What was one of the new technology tools the Africans develop from iron?

______ was West Africa valuable trade good.

Africans believed that unseen spirits were their

Members of the African families, and clans were expected to be ___________ to one another.

gold is soft and it was used to make

Why were camels suitable for desert travel to trade?

with camels, how long did it take to cross the Sahara desert?

the empire of Ghana lay between these two rivers

__________ became West Africa's source of great wealth.

Africans used salt to

How many men, women and children was affected from the slave trade?

a series of steps by which a task is accomplished

a process in which people exchange goods without ever contacting each other.

the Muslims holy book is called

Ghana's kings became wealthy through property, taxes, tributes, and gold that is all forms of

he became the king of Ghana

What was one way that Ghana rulers raised money when traders passed through their land

What was essential to carry trade goods across the Sahara desert?