Africa ch. 5

The mountain range located in Northwestern Africa

What resource made the Soninke better farmers and fighters?

Myths/beliefs cultures passdown by word of mouth

This desert is the world's largest

What made the government of Ghana wealthy?

Tightly packed or populated

People who used iron weapons and ruled Ghana

West African kingdom founded by the Soninke

A broad grassland with scattered trees

Part of Africa that lies south or below Sahara

Products of nature that have economic value

The ocean that lies east of of Africa

The Resource that was needed by West Africans was what?

This was needed due to an increase in Soninke population

The largest lake in Africa is

The tallest mountain in Africa

This early group of people were most likley the first to develop iron weapons in West Africa

The longest river in Africa

These people from North Africa destroyed the kingdom of Ghana

The kingdom of Ghana was located near this river

A system or type of money

North Africans traveled to West Africa for what resource?

Mansa Musa put Mali on the map when he took a pilgrimage to where?

The division of jobs and skills in a society

The "shore" of the Sahara that has limited rainfall