Geography | Tran-Sahara Trade Route | Ghana | Mali and Sundiata | Misc. |
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What is the Sahara?
The largest desert in Africa.
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What is a group of people and pack animals traveling together called?
A caravan
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What was the land of gold?
Ghana
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Who was the ruler of Mali?
Sumanguru
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Where was Ibn Battuta born?
Morocco
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What is the Sahal?
Semi dry rolling plains that stretches eastward across Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
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Name 4 items that were traded for salt.
Gold, furs, silk, fruit, cotton, horses, slaves.
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What was the capital of Ghana?
Kumbi Saleh
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Who did Sumanguru have mercy on?
Sundiata
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What did I.B. accomplish on his journies?
He visited every Muslim country.
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What is the Savanna?
A vast region of tall grasses, scattered trees, and herds of animals.
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What is the ship of the desert called?
A camel.
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What river had important gold mines lay south of Ghana?
The Senegal River
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Who defeated Sumanguru?
Sundiata
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What is the name for the holiest city in Islam?
Mecca
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Name 2 rivers in Africa
The Nile, the Senegal, The Congo,
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What were the invisible items traders carried with them on the trade routes?
Ideas, art culture, and religion.
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Name the mineral that was plentiful and easy to mine.
Iron ore
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What was the important city of learning?
Timbuktu
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What is another name for pilgrimage?
Hajj
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What lies south of the Savanna?
The rainforest.
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What was the faith that people in West Africa proclaimed to be?
Islam
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Who defeated Kumbi Saleh?
Sundiata
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Name Sundiata's son
Mansa Musa
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Mansa Musa was a generous man
True or False
True
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