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Ch. 6 Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Berbers | native people of west africa |
| nok | one of the earliest people who used iron |
| mansa Musa | most famous ruler of Mali |
| overgrazing | too many animals grazing in one area until the soil is ruined and unharvestable. |
| nok | one of the earliest people who used iron |
| Ibn Battutah | ruler of songhai |
| Koumbi Saleh | oasis for travelers |
| Askia the Great | leader of rebellion whose name was originally Muhammad ture |
| Sundiata | ruler of Mali when it rose to power |
| groit | west african storytellers |
| Morocco | Songhais northern neighbors |
| Timbuktu | ruler that was famous for building schools |
| ghana | first west african empire |
| Mali | Second west African empire |
| Savannah | open grassland with scattered treesq |
| silent barter | a process in which people exchange goods without having to contact eachother |
| gold | important trade item; great resource |
| iron | important trade item; great resource |
| camel | humped back animals that can travel long distances without water used for the West Africans when traveling across big deserts |
| extended family | included th father, mother, children, and close relatives in one household |
| age-stes | groups of bonding that contains people around 2-3 years apart |
| Animism | belief in spirits (ancestors) |
| Spiritualism | belief in spirits |
| Arabic | language of most of the west african empire |
| dausi | tells the history of Ghana |
| kente | hand woven brightly colored fabric |
| mansa | a new title for Sundiata |
| overgrazing | too many animals grazing in one area until the soil is ruined and unharvestable. |
| WHere did great civilizations in West Africa arise? | Near the niger river |
| why did West africans live in different places after 500 BC | because where they lived became too hot and dry |
| what did mineral resources in West africa include | gold and salt |
| what were the tradtional west african crops | cotton, age, kola nuts |
| which tow uses of rion were the most significant for west africans | weapons, and farming tools |
| how did the climate change in west african affect people? | it became too hot and dry to survive |
| what do the different regions in west africa running esast and west have in common? | both along the niger river |
| what doest he animistic beleif system receal (tell us) about traditional west africans | that they believed everything has spirits and that their ancestors protected them when they took care of them |
| What traditional religious practice did west afrians believe | they went to sacred places that they put carvings on to share new and problems witht he ancestors. |
| how was music and dance incorporated into the lives of the people in early west africa? | it was great entertainement they did it to honor their history and it was central to many celebrations nd it was central to many celebrations |
| what two factors had the biggest impact on the growth of west africa? | trading and religion |
| what fators contributed the most to the survival of early west african villages? Whic two would you consider the most important? | family bonding and organizations of the empire |
| what rold did elders play in the life of the village? | taught the family traditions to the younger generations |
| who were men and women in traditional west african society loyal to? | family and age sets helped the village work together |
| what was the usfulness of silent barter? what did it do?prevent? | to make sure that the traders did business peacefull, also kept the location of the gold mines a secret |
| what trade foutes were used for salt and gold? (hint: Noth? South?) | north |
| what were the effects of using camels in desert trading? | it gives them the ability to carry more things, provides food, and they can travel farther |
| why did towns and villages grow and the population of Ghana increase? reason? | because the families banding together and the invention of iron. |
| what was the significance of the people of Ghana in learning to work iwht iron? | it helped them with farming and in war for it provided weapons |
| what happened to the fertile land that ghana's farmers once cultivated? | the almoravids brought their cattle in and the cattle overgrazed the area. |
| ghana's rulers raised money by forcing traders passing though their lands to pay taxes. what theme relates to this? would you say that ghana's rulers were smart businessmen who took advantage of opportunities? why? | yes i think htat Ghaana's rulers were smart because they knew that they would gain a lot of money |
| what were the similarties between the development of the Ghana and Mali empires? | they both grew form trade |
| What did sundiata do to gain power in Mali? | he was able ot control the trade along the Niger river |
| What happened during the region of Sundiata? | he conquered Ghana and took over the salt and gold mines |
| Unlike sundiata, most of Mali's later rulers were what religion? | Muslim |
| how do we know that Mansa musa pomoted religious tolerance? | he went of the Muslim voyage called the hajj |
| How did Mansu Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali? | because he sent scholars to study in Morocco |
| What contributed to the call of the mali Empire? | The weak leaders |
| why id the people of Songhai over throw Sunni Baru? | he was a weak leader |
| What contributed to the collapse of the Songhai Empire? | the Morrocan incasion |
| Why did Morocco invade Songhai? | they wanted more money |
| What were two gonvernmetnal inventions of Askia te Great? | he worked to support education and also went on the hajj |
| would you agree or disagree that Sunni Ali was bad for the emprie of wester Africa? | No, i think that Sunni Ali was great for the empire of western Africa because he did a huge role on oganizing and growing the mpire. |
| Why did what we know about early West Africa come from the writings of Travelers and scholars from Muslim lands such as spain and Arabia. | becasue of oral histories |
| Compare the achievements and religions of the following: Roman Emprie. | ROMAN EMPIRE-engineering - aqueducts-philosophy-stoics-religion-created art to who their devotion-mosaics |
| Compare the achievements and religions of the following: Muslim empire. | MUSLIM EMPIRE-architecture -created mosques-religion-religious art: paintings, mosaics-astonomy-astolabe-medicine-cure for smallpox-goegraphy-map making-math-modern day algebra-philosophy-Sufism-Literature-poetry and short stories |
| Compare the achievments and religions of the following: West African empire | WEST AFRICAN EMPIRE-religious art-sculptures-masks and clothing-music and dance-epics-dausi and sundiata griots |
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