Chapter 12: Ghana a West African Trading Empire

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Identify three early West African societies: Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mayas, Aztecs, Incas

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Ghana, Mali, Songhai

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What lies to the south of Ghana?

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forest

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What lies to the north of Ghana?

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Sahara

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What does "ghana" mean?

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war chief

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What made the king of Ghana and his people very wealthy?

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control of trade, particularly the gold trade

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Ghana refers to a medieval civilization and empire in

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West Africa

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The adjective matrilineal means tracing the family line through the

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mother.

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Identify the word that means the opposite of matrilineal. 

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patrilineal

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To preserve his wealth, the king tightly controlled the supply of gold. Which does not support the sentence?

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The king led the people in religious worship.

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Arab scholars described Ghana as a fabled “land of gold.”  Cite textual evidence to support the sentence above.

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One of the king’s gold nuggets reportedly weighed almost forty pounds.