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37 Cards in this Set
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people who are skilled at making things with their hands
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craftspeople
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If a clan owed money to another clan, it would repay its debt by sending:
A-some members out to the other clan as temperary slaves B-its warriors into battle for the other clan |
A-some members out to the other clan as temperary slaves
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The Nok people were the first West Africans to:
A-use camels to cross the Sahara B-make iron |
B- make iron
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The Almoravids brought about the _________ of the Soninke empire of Ghana.(downfall or growth)
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downfall
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In 5000 B.C. the Sahara desert was:
A-much as it is today B-a land of rich soil and grasses and flowing rivers |
B a land of rich soil and grasses and flowing rivers
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Villagers to contact and please the spiritsd of their dead relatives:
A-through music and dancing B-by building great temples |
A-through music and dancing
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good for plants to grow in
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fertile
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Arab traders taught the West Africans ____________.(writing and number systems or how to get salt out of salt water)
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writing and number systems
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a person who makes pottery
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potter
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The most important activity in early West african village was:
A-fishing in the Niger River B-rasing food |
B-rasing food
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flat land near a river that may be covered with water during a flood
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flood plain
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not enough to give people as much as they need
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scarce
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As Africans left the Sahara to find better farm land they settled along the banks of the:A-Niger river
B-Nile river |
A- Niger river
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West African Farmers used ways of faaarmming so they could:
A-farm in different types of land or climate B-farm large areas together as a clan |
A-farm in different types of land or climate
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to grow or do very well
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flourish
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In Ghana when a king died the person named as the new king was______________.(the kings son or the kings sisters son)
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the kings sisters son
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Wes t African villages beleived that the spirits of thier ancestors:
A-became gods themselves B-could swaythe Gods in the villages favor |
B-could swaythe Gods in the villages favor
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Ghanas location between the salt mines and the gold feilds helped it to become a major___________(port or trading center)
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trading center
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The Songhai kingdom fell when soilders from Morroco armed with_______ attacked it.(guns or catapults)
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guns
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to change from one way to another
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convert
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rural
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connected with the country, country life or people in the countrry
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the act of following another person to a title or throne
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succession
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people who study science culture and the arts
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scholar
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willingly letting other people have ideas or ways of doing things that are different from ones own
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tolerent
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a supposed way of using charms or spellsto control others
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magic
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The NOk people used iron to:
A-make weopons, farm tools, and sculptures B- build great temples |
A-make weopons, farm tools, and sculptures
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indigenous
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oriclly tied to a given place without out side influence
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Many countries used________ from Ghana as money(salt or gold)
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gold
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the give and take of goods or money
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exchange
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Food was so plentiful for the people of Jenne-jeno that:
A-they had time for jewlery making, sculpture,and other crafts B-they held great feasts |
A-they had time for jewlery making, sculpture,and other crafts
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After the Mali ruler Mansa Musa died a ___________ prince gained control and staarted expanding his empire.(Berber or Songhai)
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Songhai
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edible
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safe to eat
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Less than 100 years after Ghana's defeat,________ was the most powerful kingdom in Africa(Mali or Nigeria)
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Mali
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inherit
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to receive money or property after some ones death
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one who rules over a state, usually for life, who has been born to the position
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monarch
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In the 1300s, Eurepeon mapmakers began putting Mali on maps of Africa because of its role in ____________.(spreading Islam or international trade)
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international trade
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kin
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a persons relatives and family
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