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6SS Chapter 13 & 15
History of Western Africa
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Askia the Great help Timbuktu rise to greatness? | he made it a center of education and learning |
| What religion did Mansa Musa help spread through a large part of West Africa? | Islam |
| What is Sunni Ali best known for? | bringing peace and stability to Songhai |
| Why were African artists often deeply respected? | their statues were used in religious rituals |
| What was the usefulness of the practice of silent barter? | silent barter ensured that trading was peaceful and that locations of mines remained secret |
| Who were the Almoravids? | Muslims who attacked Ghana and cut off trade routes |
| What are the similarities between the development of the Ghana and Mali empires? | both empires lay along the upper Niger River, where there was fertile soil |
| What technology did the early people of Ghana learn? | how to work with iron |
| What did every trader who came to Ghana have to do? | pay a tax on the goods he carried |
| What was the main cause of Mali's decline? | a weak ruler was unable to stop an invasion |
| Why was Morocco able to defeat Songhai? | Morocco had advanced weaponry |
| What is a disadvantage of oral history? | names and events can be confused |
| What do epics often combine? | myths and historical events |
| Who were the descriptions of early West Africa written by? | visitors like Ibn Battutah |
| According to legend, what ruler did Mali's rise to power begin under? | Sundiata |
| What was a valuable product made in Ghana? | carved wooden masks |
| What was the capital of Songhai? | Gao |
| What was hand-woven, brightly colored fabric called? | kente |
| Who were some of the earliest people in West Africa? | Soninke |
| What was the first kingdom in West Africa to gain control of trade routes? | Ghana |
| Whose empire began its rise to power under Sundiata? | Mali |
| Who was Mali's most famous ruler? | Mansa Musa |
| Who was the leader of Songhai? | Askia the Great |
| What is a short saying of wisdom and truth? | proverb |
| What is the climate of West Africa? | changes significantly from north to south |
| How far is the inland delta of the Niger River? | hundreds of miles from the coast |
| What is an important crop in West Africa? | cacao |
| How did the great kingdoms of West Africa become powerful? | by controlling trade routes across the Sahara |
| What did political boundaries drawn by European colonizers do? | it often separated members of the same ethnic group |
| Why is the clothing West Africa loose and flowing? | the warm climate |
| What do many coastal countries in West Africa depend on for their economies? | farming |
| What moutain region is located in West Africa? | Tibesti Mountains |
| Where in West Africa is oil located? | off the coast of Nigeria |
| When did most African colonies receive independence? | during the 1950s and 1960s |
| What the two most common religions in the region? | Christianity and Islam |
| What would describe rural homes in West Africa? | mud-brick or straw huts topped with tin roofs |
| What was Liberia founded as in the 1920s? | a home for freed slaves |
| What was Cote d'Ivoire one of the biggest exporters of? | cacao and coffee |
| What would describe the history of Togo and Benin? | very unstable, fragile economies, military rule |
| What is widespread hunger? | famine |
| What is the belief that natural objects such as bodies of water have spirits? | animism |
| What does it mean to break away from the main country? | secede |
| What is the spread of desertlike conditions? | desertification |
| What early kingdom bacame rich and powerful around 800? | Ghana |
| What is the most populous city in West Africa? | Lagos |
| Who was the important storyteller in West Africa? | griot |
| What is the strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas? | savanna |
| What is the grain grown along the Niger River? | millet |
| What is the main source of aluminum? | bauxite |
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