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Unit 3: The Culture and Kingdoms of West Africa
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- 1What 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 - 2Beginning in the 700s CE, what types of traders started crossing the Sahara?Muslims from North Africa.
- 3What three important roles did the kings of Ghana hold?head of the army, highest judge, and leader of religious worship.
- 4Who inherited the throne when a west african king died? What is this called?The king's sister's eldest son. Matrilineal inheritance.
- 5What are 3 products North African traders brought to trade in west africa?salt, copper, cowrie shells
- 6What are 3 products West African (Wangaran) traders brought to trade in west africa?ivory, slaves, gold
- 72 factors that led to trans saharan trade?Camels (carry loads and didnt need alot of water) and Islam (missionaries eager to spread religion)
- 8What 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.
- 93 THINGS TRADERS USED TO TRANSPORT GOODS ACROSS SAHARA DESERTPorters, camels, donkeys
- 10Why North Africans want to acquire gold?make coins, trade with Chinese for silk/porcelain
- 11Why 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.
- 12how 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.
- 13how traders benefit from ghana acting as middle man during trade?protection from robbery and bad deals.
- 14how were goods exhanged?YOU KNOW THIS JUST DESCRIBE IT
- 15why did wangarans trade silentlydidnt know language and wanted to keep gold mines secret
- 16Why did ghana fallmuslim almoravids attacked and trees and water became scarce since trees were used as charcoal to smelt iron and water was needed to farm
- 17what two west african kingdoms rose to power after ghana fellmali and songhai
- 18how did islam spread to west africa. define one reasontrade and missionaries. missionaries are people who work to spread their religion and make converts
- 19who was mansa musa, give 3 amazing facts about himrichest 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)
- 202 proverbs, defineearly 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.
- 21whats a griot? why were they impt?griot is verbal artist of mande, they memorized history and folktales and ancestry.
- 22who was sundjata? summarize each sceneuse history notebook for this
- 23what did balafon and ngoni look likebalafon was made out of wooden bars laid across a frame like a xylophone. Ngoni made out of hollowed out piece of wood and strings.
- 243 examples of american music influenced by west african musicgospel, jazz, blues, rock & roll, and rap. ONLY THREE ARE NEEDED
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