1. Africa Review

2. What helped spread the Arabic language in West Africa?
An increase in trans-Saharan trade, that is trade across the Sahara desert

3. What twp items did the economy of Ghana depend on for trade?
Gold and salt

4. Based on the map, what advantage to Mali have over Ghana?

5. How did the king of Ghana get rich?
By taxing trade

6. What religion did Ghana’s kings follow?
Both Islam and traditional African religions

7. How did Mansa Musa help develop the empire of Mali?
His pilgrimage to Mecca encouraged traders, scholars, and artists to come to Timbuktu.

8. What is a savanna?
grassland in a tropical region

9. Where is the Sahara desert located?
In the northern part of Africa

10. A vegetation zone is a region that has certain types of
plants

11. What was Ghana?
an empire in West Africa

12. How did the people of Ghana increase the value of the gold they traded?
By keeping the gold a secret

13. Who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?
Mansa Musa

14. What river was important to both Ghana and Mali?
Niger River

15. The contacts between civilizations shown in the map were primarily made by
traders who crossed the Sahara desert into West Africa.

16. They were new trader routes
How did the location of cities in the West African empires of Ghana and Mali influence their growth?
They were new trader routes

17. According to the map, in which vegetation zone is Ghana located?

18. What religion influenced both Ghana and Mali?
Islam

20. Study the key and make sure you know what the symbols mean.

21. According to the map, how did most early traders in Africa move their goods?

22. You will need to know what the following words mean:
kinship
folktales
proverbs
griots
Berbers
clan
sahel
Hajj
Jihad
labor specialization
Sundiata
delta