Ch 8.2 African Rulers and Society

Tasks that African rulers performed in exchange for loyalty from their people included....

• Settling disputes

• Controlling Trade

• Defending the empire

• Providing education

• Adoping children

​ (a)   : Kings governed with the help of a council of ministers, territory divided into provinces, smaller districts, and villages. Leadership passed down to the king's nephew

​ (b)   : Royal officials handled many important responsibliles. Empire divided into provinces governed by generals

​ (c)   : Divided into provinces under Muhammad Ture, provinces led by a governor, a tax collector, a court of judges, and a trade inspector.

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt
• Rome
• Byzantium

The beliefs of the ​ (a)   including beliving in a supreme God whose sons were lesser Gods.

• Ashanti
• Buddhism
• Atheism
• Zoroastrianism

Powerful ​ (a)   states such as Ghana and Mali had strong central governments.

• African
• Asian
• European
• American

In Mali, only the ​ (a)   and his family could weaer clothing that was sewn.

• king
• peasants
• merchants
• farmers
• president

​ (a)   kept the peace and secruity of the empire of Songhai with a navy and soldiers on horseback.

• Muhammad Ture
• Mansa Musa
• Sundiata Keita
• Askia Muhammad

According to the government of Ghana, power was transferred to the king's ​ (a)  

• nephew
• cousin
• neighbor
• friend

​ (a)   : Songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval West Africa

​ (b)   : group of people believed by many African groups to be able to tell the future

​ (c)   : a language that means "people of the coast"

​​ (d)   a group of related people descended fromm the same ancestor

​ (e)   : Muslim holy city

• Askia Muhammad
• diviners
• Swahili
• clan
• Makkah

Aa the ​ (a)   Empire traded with Berbers and Arabs, they also exchanged cultures and ideas.

• Mali
• Roman
• Ottoman
• Byzantine

The Kings of Mali put ​ (a)   in charge of provinces.

• generals
• elected officials
• tax collectors
• family members