Question | Answer |
What did the Mansa Musa gain from his pilgrimage to Mecca? | He made his city more popular and brought back a scholar and an architect. |
How did an African kinship evolve? | It went from Kinship to Village to City to Kingdom. |
How was work shared in African kin-ships? | Women Cooked and Cleaned and Cared for kids.
Men cared for crops and built huts.
Children helped the fathers and gathered wood for the fire. |
Why did North and West Africa trade their gold and salt for one another? | Gold was in high demand in North Africa and salt was in high demand in West Africa. |
Why did King Ofonso cut trade with portugal? | Because they could not keep getting slaves for trade. |
What are three vegitation zones? | Desert,Savannah,Rain Forest |
Why are Griots Important? | Because they tell stories that pass on their kinships. |
Why was the Niger river so important? | Because it provided Irrigation and farming as well as a source of water. |
Why were camels important? | They made traveling alot easier and they could carry salt slabs. |
how did Askia Muhhumad rule his government? | He turned his land into provinces and made a governor for each one. |