Ancient Civilization Chapter 13 (Early African Civilization)

Mansa Musa supported _______ and sent many scholars to study in Morocco. 

What helped early communities grow in West Africa? 

What did the rulers in Ghana ban everyone else from owning to make sure the king was richer? 

What has long been a central part of African society? 

Which European artist of the 1900s was inspired by African sculptures?

Mali's location on the Niger River allowed its people to control _________ on the river. 

Central Africa has large ________________.

When did Ghana's empire collapse? 

What was the name of the road all the way from Asia that traded goods across the Sahara? 

Mali reached the height of its power, wealth, and fame in the 1300's under whose leadership?

What part of Africa is covered with grasslands and scattered trees? 

Who was entrusted with the task of remembering and telling West Africa's history? 

What sea does the world's longest river flow into?

Where did Mansa Musa pilgrimage to since his religion was so important to him? 

What religion spread through a large part of West Africa, gaining many new believers? 

What is the world's longest river that is found in Africa? 

What was the capital of the Songhai kingdom? 

How did the most powerful kingdom in southern Africa protect their capital?

What was the earliest form of a gun called that Moroccan soldiers carried? 

What did traders use to cross the Sahara desert? 

How did the people in West Africa know their history if they did not have a written language? 

What new crop did Sundiata produce? 

What valuable item was measured with special spoons and stored in boxes? 

What could common people in Ghana own that they used for money? 

What city in the Songhai empire that became a center of learning? 

Why were Griots highly respected in their communities? 

Which one was NOT a factor to consider if traveling through the Sahara Desert?

Mansa Musa stressed the importance of learning to read in what language? 

University of Sankore was located in what city? 

Why were the statues in West Africa usually made for religious rituals? 

The artists of West Africa carved elaborate masks made of what material? 

What type of family was a typical early West African family? 

Mali added many important trade cities to its power including which city? 

Which item did not make Ghana very prosperous?

Which traditional crop was NOT grown in West Africa?

What was another way we learned about early West Africa besides from oral histories? 

What book did Mansa Musa want his empire to know how to read? 

What two minerals play a large role in the development of West African cultures?

In West Africa, loyalty to ______ and _______ helped the people of a village work together? 

Who was a powerful kingdom in southern Africa? 

West Africans made ornate statues and carvings out of all of these except

What was another central feature of village life besides family in West Africa? 

All of these animals were made into masks except

In Ghana, what animal did they herd for meat and milk?

In West Africa, what resource was highly prized from the Sahara? 

African artists were deeply respected because people thought artists had been blessed by whom?

What was the best known visual art form of West Africa?