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38 Cards in this Set
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Who banded together to form Ghana?
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Soninke
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What were most often traded in Ghana?
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Salt, gold
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Why did people need those goods?
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Gold for its beauty, salt because you need it to survive.
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What is silent bartering?
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Trading without ever seeing the person you're trading with.
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Who controlled the trade in Ghana?
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Leaders and military controlled trade.
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T/F: Traders AND regular people had to pay special taxes that went to the government.
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True as the fact that you're reading this unamused. :P
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Who was Tunka Manin?
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He was a leader that Ghana reached its height under.
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What were three factors that caused the fall of Ghana?
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Overgrazing: Invaders, called the Almoravids, brought herds of animals; the animals ate grass and exposed the sand.
Invasion: Almoravids invaded Ghana. Interal Rebellion: People in Ghana, farmers, began to turn against Ghana. |
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Why did leaders ban everyone from having gold nuggets?
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It was so that the gold wouldn't devalue.
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Who was Ibn Battutah?
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A writer who described West Africa AND other Muslim areas.
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3 Factors in Songhai's fall?
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Moroccoan weapons, attacked and looted Timbuktu and Gao, changes in trade patterns
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What is oral history?
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A spoken record of past events
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who are Griots?
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West African storytellers
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what are Proverbs?
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short sayings of wisdom or truth
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what are Epics
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long poems about kingdoms &
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what are epics collected in?
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the Dausi and the Sundiata
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What is the Dausi
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The History of Ghana
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What is the Sundiata
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the history of Mali and the first ruler Sundiata
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who was Al-Masudi
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first person to write about Africa> he also was an Arab scholar
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Abu Ubayd al-Bakri
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wrote stories about west African kingdoms
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Ibn Battuah
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most famous person to write about Africa. He descibed most of the muslim world
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scriptures were made out of(MATERIALS)
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grass wood and brass
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True or false african art inspired European art
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True
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What is Kente
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a hand woven brightly colored fabric only worn by kings and Queens
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Who was Sundiata and what did he do?
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Sundiata was the first ruler of Mali,he took over Ghana, introduced cotton, and took over trade routes
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Who were Mansas
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politica and religious leaders
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who was mansa musa
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mansa musa was the most famous leader, he was a musilm,and he went on a hajj
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Reigion in Mali
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Islam
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what happened to gold
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Mansa Musa gave so much gold to people, that the value decreased.
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T or F, mansa musa liked education and religion
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true
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Who was Sunni Ali
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first ruler of songhai
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what religions did s a participate in
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Islam and all local religions
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who was askia the great
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famous songhai ruler
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did askia want religion and education in songhai
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yes
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Who was Sunni Ali
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first ruler of songhai
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what religions did s a participate in
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Islam and all local religions
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who was askia the great
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famous songhai ruler
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did askia want religion and education in songhai
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yes
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