The Rise of Ghana

A natural material that people can use

• Salt

• Gold

• Natural resources

• Ivory

A zone of trees,grasses and moderate rain

• Nile river

• Savanna

• Africa

• Ghana

The division of jobs and skills in a society

• Labor Specialization

• trade

• specialty

• trader

A raised but flat region of land

• Plateau

• Basin

• Sahara

• Hill

A group of travels together

• Trader

• caravan

• laborers

• slaves

Which trade item from outside the region did West Africans need most?

• gold

• camels

• salt

• iron

Where did the earliest civilizations in West Africa form?

• Sahara

• along the Niger and Senegal rivers

• Savanna

• Med Sea

Labor specialization benefits a society because?

• people can have different job

• better pay

• higher in class

• more resources

Rulers of Ghana became wealthy because?

• selling salt

• technology

• fighting

• controlling the gold supply

Which religion did North African traders bring to Ghana

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Islam