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Flashcards by sadiqsadia11, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What four vegetation zones are found in West Africa? Briefly describe each zone. | Deserts - sandy, hot, dry semidesert - less dry, with grasses and shrubs (key part - called Sahel) savanna - grassland, tall grass, scattered trees forests - abundant vegetation |
| Beginning in the 700s CE, what types of traders started crossing the Sahara? | Muslims from North Africa. |
| What three important roles did the kings of Ghana hold? | head of the army, highest judge, and leader of religious worship. |
| Who inherited the throne when a west african king died? What is this called? | The king's sister's eldest son. Matrilineal inheritance. |
| What are 3 products North African traders brought to trade in west africa? | salt, copper, cowrie shells |
| What are 3 products West African (Wangaran) traders brought to trade in west africa? | ivory, slaves, gold |
| 2 factors that led to trans saharan trade? | Camels (carry loads and didnt need alot of water) and Islam (missionaries eager to spread religion) |
| What muslim historian kept an account of his trip across the Sahara Desert? Why did traders stop in Taghza according to him? | Ibn Battuta, So they could get salt. |
| 3 THINGS TRADERS USED TO TRANSPORT GOODS ACROSS SAHARA DESERT | Porters, camels, donkeys |
| Why North Africans want to acquire gold? | make coins, trade with Chinese for silk/porcelain |
| Why was salt impt to ppl of west african forest other than taste? | You lose salt when you sweat so it gives salt back and to keep cattle healthy. |
| how did ghana become wealthy through the trans saharan caravan trade? | acted as a middle man taxing north africans gold when they entered to trade and charged for trade. |
| how traders benefit from ghana acting as middle man during trade? | protection from robbery and bad deals. |
| how were goods exhanged? | YOU KNOW THIS JUST DESCRIBE IT |
| why did wangarans trade silently | didnt know language and wanted to keep gold mines secret |
| Why did ghana fall | muslim almoravids attacked and trees and water became scarce since trees were used as charcoal to smelt iron and water was needed to farm |
| what two west african kingdoms rose to power after ghana fell | mali and songhai |
| how did islam spread to west africa. define one reason | trade and missionaries. missionaries are people who work to spread their religion and make converts |
| who was mansa musa, give 3 amazing facts about him | richest man alive 400 billion dollars, practiced islam devoutly, and hajj allowed west africa to be put on a map since he gave away lots of his money as zakat (charity) |
| 2 proverbs, define | early bird gets the worm. if u r early u r more likely to suceed. too many cooks spoil the broth. If too many people are working on a task, it won't turn out very well. |
| whats a griot? why were they impt? | griot is verbal artist of mande, they memorized history and folktales and ancestry. |
| who was sundjata? summarize each scene | use history notebook for this |
| what did balafon and ngoni look like | balafon was made out of wooden bars laid across a frame like a xylophone. Ngoni made out of hollowed out piece of wood and strings. |
| 3 examples of american music influenced by west african music | gospel, jazz, blues, rock & roll, and rap. ONLY THREE ARE NEEDED |
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