Social Studies Chapter 4: West Africa

A West African Story Teller is also called a...

• Griot

• Medicine Man

• Cheif

• Matrilineal Leader

The Three West African Kingdoms we have covered this year were..

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Kush

• Morocco

Trade Routes across the Sahara were known as...

• Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

• Silk Road

• Trans-African Routes

• North Atlantic Drift

Two large cities that lie along the Niger River include...

• Timbuktu

• Djenne

• Cairo

• Algiers

The domestication of the ____ led to growth of trade in Africa and the Middle East

• Camels

• Horses

• Dogs

• Cats

____ and ____ were the goods that made Timbuktu and Djenne wealthy

• Gold

• Salt

• Iron

• Silk

Mansa ______ founded the Mali Empire

• Sundiata

• Musa

• Solokia

• Calisoso

_____ was the wealthiest person who ever lived

• Mansa Musa

• Mansa Sundiata

• Cleopatra

• Tutankhamen

Mansa Musa affected North Africa as he travelled through by...

• The money he poured into it ruined the economy

• The money he poured into it lifted everyone out of poverty

• The temples he built spread Islam

• The Camels he gave away helped build trade

Mansa Musa travelled on a pilgrimage to ______

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Rome

• Timbuktu