West African Kingdoms (Mainly Mali!)

Songhai rose up against the kingdom of _____________ and regained its freedom.

Songhai conquered the wealthy trade cities of Timbuktu and ______________________.

___________________ was the West African kingdom that preceded, or came before, Mali.

Morocco wanted to control Songhai's ____________ and ____________ mines

Sundiata conquered _____________ and took over the salt and gold trade.

______________________ followed Sundiata and ruled Mali from 1312-1337.

Early Malians participated in ancestor worship, but later Malians converted to _______________.

Ghana, like Mali and the Songhai, was located near the __________________ River.

Songhai grew strong with the leadership of ______________________________.

Mali's first strong ruler was ___________________, who ruled from 1217-1255 (we read his epic).

Mansa Musa spread the influence of _______________ through a large part of West Africa.

Songhai was invaded with a new weapon called a(n) _________________, an early form of a gun.

West African traditional storytellers are called __________________.

Sundiata took power away from local leaders and gave himself the title of ________________.

In 1493, __________________________ overthrew Sunni Ali's son because he did not support Islam.

Songhai fell when they were invaded by the _____________________.