West African Kingdoms 11/27

Sunni Ali was the King of Songhai.

The Three great African kingdoms we read about were Ghana, Mali, Songhai

What river helped West African Empires Develop?

What did the economies of the West African Empires rely on?

Which is a characteristic of traditional West African culture?

Ghana would impose______on North Afircans

Mansa Musa was...

The West African empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were able to thrive because

Mansa Musa handed out the gold that he had to villages in Cairo, Egypt that he passed through

In West Africa, Griots are

Where did Mansa Musa lead his pilgrimage?

Who was the ruler of Songhai?

What is evidence that the West African Kingdoms were highly advanced culturally?

The Geography of West Africa affected the development of Mali, Ghana and Songhai because

Who would be considered part of an extended family in an early West African community?

Ghana, Mali & Songhai can be found on what continent?

What were the main products of Ghana?

The primary religion of the Mali empire was?

Why was Morocco able to defeat Songhai?

All of the following are West African Kingdoms EXCEPT....

The West African Kingdoms gained wealth from the trade of...?

Animism is the belief that all living things have a spirit--including animals.

Songhai was the first West African Empire.

What of the following was a West African cultural center in the early 1000s.

What was the first West African Empire to rise to power?

The West African Kingdoms had economies based on what?

The basis of African society was

One way the Silk Roads and the West African trade routes are similar is that along both routes

Which of the following were common trade items in the West African empires?

West African Religious beliefs included

The Songhai city of Timbuktu was known as a learning & cultural center

Songhai is the samallest of the West African kingdoms

a group of families descended from a common ancestor

What was a similarity among the ancient African kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai?

This North African Desert.