Why did Morocco invade Songhai?

Moroccans wanted Songhai’s rich deposits of gold and salt.

What are two lasting governmental inventions of Askia the Great?

specialized government offices and a permanent army

Who were the Almoravids?

Muslims who attacked Ghana and destroyed Koumbi Saleh

a process where people trade goods without direct contact.

How did Ghana become such a powerful state?

It gained control of the valuable trade routes.

Why was salt so valuable?

People needed it in their diets and used it to for foods.

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West African Empires - Chapter 6 (Review)

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Review of Chapter 6 - Holt (7th World History)

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Which city that was once the center of the Mali Empire became the center for Songhai Empire?
Mecca
Timbuktu
Gao
Djenné
2
Why did Morocco invade Songhai?
Moroccans thought the askias were converting to Christianity
Moroccans wanted Songhai’s rich deposits of gold and salt.
Morocco wanted to use captured Songhai citizens as slaves.
Songhai had taken over many of Morocco’s trading partners.
3
What are two lasting governmental inventions of Askia the Great?
income taxes and toll roads
public holidays and public schools
specialized government offices and a permanent army
government-owned companies and the sales tax
4
African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called
kente
Battuta
griots
Dausi
5
Unlike Sundiata, most of Mali’s later rulers were
from the empires north of the Sahara Desert.
Muslim.
Christian.
considered to be gods by their followers.
6
Who was Mali’s greatest and most famous ruler?
Maghan
Sunni Ali
Askia the Great
Mansa Musa
7
Who were the Almoravids?
merchants from the north who controlled the salt trade
Muslims who attacked Ghana and destroyed Koumbi Saleh
Christians from southern Europe who joined forces with Ghana
a group of sea-travelers from the coast of southern Africa
8
Silent barter is
a process where people trade goods without direct contact.
a West African musical instrument.
a deadly snake native to West Africa.
a process by which the people of Ghana elected leaders.
9
How did Ghana become such a powerful state?
It had the strongest army in all of Africa.
Leaders in Ghana formed alliances with other people.
Ghana owned more salt than other states.
It gained control of the valuable trade routes.
10
Why was salt so valuable?
Salt was used as a fertilizer for crops.
Salt was used as a medicine.
People needed it in their diets and used it to for foods.
Salt was used in many religious ceremonies.

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