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31 Cards in this Set
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A traditional crop in West Africa
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kola nuts
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A group of people born withing the same two or three years
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age-set
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Belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
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animism
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Some of the earliest people in West Africa
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Soninke
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Kingdom that gained controll of West Africa's trade routes by 800AD
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Ghana
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Empire that began its ride to power under Sundiata
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Mali
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Mali's most famous ruler
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Mansa Musa
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Empire whose capital was Gao
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Songhai
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A spoken record of past events
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oral history
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A short saying of wisdom or truth
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proverb
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Ghana's kings allowed conquered rulers to kepp much of their power
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False
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Muhammad Ture was able to take over as ruler of Songhai because he was a Muslim
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True
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Morocco wanted to gain control of songhai's advanced mehtods of weapon making
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False
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The people of early West African civilizations preserved their history by writing books
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False
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Artists of West Africa carved masks that portrayed the faces of their ancestors
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False
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What question would you ask to learn more about the origins of the blues
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What porpuse did singing serve for enslaved Africans in America
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The __ River allowed many people to live in West Africa
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Niger
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The rulers of Ghana banned common people from owning gold__
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nuggets
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The people rebelled against __ because he was not a Muslim
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Sunni Baru
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To help maintain order,__ created five provinces within Songhai
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Askia the Great
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An epic poem called the __ tells the history of Ghana
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Dausi
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In West Africa, what do the differnt regions runing east and west have in common
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They are all on a desert platue
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What two factors contributed most to the survial of early West African villages
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Work and family
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What is a method Sundiata used to gain more power in Mali
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He took power away from local chiefs and leaders including important reglious leaders
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What wa snot a way Mansa Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali
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He outlawed all religions except Islam
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What is the most appropriate response to the statement,"Sunni Ali was bad for the empires of Western Africa"
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This is false, baceause he brought peace and stability to the area
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List the regions in order from most rainfall to the least
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Sahel, savannah, rain forest, Sahara
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Farming in Africa improved around 500BC because
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People learned how to make iron tools
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Explain the usefulness of the practice of silent barter
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Silent barter ensure that trading was peaceful and that location of mines remained secret
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Who were the Almoravids
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Muslims who attacted Ghana and cut off trade routes
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What illustrates a similarity between the developement of the Ghana and Mali empires
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Both empires took advantage of large gold mines within their empires to fund their armies
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