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What are age sets?

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Age sets are a social category consisting of people of a similar age who have a common identity and maintain close ties

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What is the Savannah?

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Savannah is the grassland in Africa with shrubs and tall grass and animals that graze do well in this climate

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What are extended families?

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The extended families are households with many close relatives who live together

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What is animism?

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Animism is the belief that spirits can be found in nature such as water, trees, and animals

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What is a silent barter?

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A silent barter is a way to trade goods without talking used to keep the peace in trade

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What is oral history?

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Oral history is the history of the past told by spoken word no written words are used

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What are griot

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storytellers who are respected in Africa for keeping history alive help to remember the past

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What are the proverbs?

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Proverbs are a saying of wisdom to help people or warn of problems

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What is a Kente

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is a brightly colored cloth or fabric woven and narrow strips then sewn to make clothes in Africa

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kinship

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Kinship is a group of people descending from a common ancestor or constituting a people clan tribe or family

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What does Mansa mean?

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Mansa means a mandika word that means king or emperor

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Bantu

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A generic label for the 300-600 ethnic groups who speak the Bantu language

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When was Muhammad prophet of Islam born?

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500 AD

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When does the kingdom of Ghana begin?

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In the 500 A.D.

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When does trade begin in West Africa?

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630 A.D.

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True or false throughout the 800s Ghana controlled the West African trade

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True, they were a hotspot for trading and were very rich

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What is the height of the Ghana empire?

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1060 A.D.

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When does the kingdom of Mali come to power?

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1240 ad

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when does mansa musa go on his hajj

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1324 ad

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When does the kingdom of Shanghai come to power?

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1460 ad

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What river flows through West Africa

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The Niger river

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What are the climate zones in West Africa

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Rainforest, Savannah, desert Mediterranean, and semi arid

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What climate zones are West Africa in?

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The semiarid the Savannah And desert

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What did the discovery of iron help West Africa with?

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The development of iron and West Africa can help clear land, cut trees and help to grow more food and made better stronger weapons for the army

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What other civilization had beliefs and animalism?
Japan with Shintoism
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What is the elders council?
They are the leaders and decision-makers in the village
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Who were the village chief?
The male leader of extended family
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What were Ghana’s most valuable trade resources?
Salt and gold
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Why was salt so important to West Africa?
It helped to preserve food
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How did Ghana gain power
they gained power as trade increased
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Why did traders feel good about trading in Ghana
they liked it as they felt protected by the army
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How did ghanas rulers make money
they taxed trading goods
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How were the Ghana kings so rich
they became richer as they were the only ones who could own gold bars or nuggets while the commoners could only own gold dust
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How else did Ghana gain power
by continuing to expand its large empire with its powerful army
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Who was the king at height of the Ghana empire
tunka manin
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So in all all how did Ghana gain power
its army trade taxes and expansion helped grow this empire
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How did Ghana collapse in the 1200s
to many grazing animals led to bad soil rebels in Ghana fought against Ghana And Almoravid invaders invade ghana
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How did the Mali Empire rise to power And who was sundiata
Sundiatas father was a king but trended his people poorly when sundiata became older he created and army and took over other kingdoms and territories including Ghana and took over the gold and salt trades and continued to expand
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What title was sundiata given
he was given the title mansa as he helped Mali rise to power
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Who was mansa musa
Mansa musa was the next Mali kings in the 1300s . He was a Muslim leader who spread Islam in Africa
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How long did mansa musa rule
25 years
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What cities did mansa musa capture for the empire
timbuktu gao and djenne
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What was mansa musa’s hajj Or pilgrimage
Mansa musa went on a hajj to Mecca in 1324 and on his journey he gave away camels and gold
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Who did mansa travel with on the hajj
he traveled with 600 men
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what happened to Mali after mansa’s hajj
he helped to put Mali on the map and introduced it to different cultures and Mali became well known He also spread islam
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What new crop helped the people of Mali feel comfortable in warm weather
cotton
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How did the large size of mali to its fall?
The government could not control over the land invaders took over
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How did the rest of the world hear about mali
Mansa Musa and his HAJJ helped to spread the word about Mali
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What other civilization fell because it was too large
rome
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After mansa musa died who came to the throne
After fighting for the title his son Maghan took over the reign
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What kind of ruler was Maghan?
He was a weak ruler
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What was a consequence of Maghan being such a weak ruler
Raiders, another army swarmed in and defeated Mali . They also burned cities and still resources.
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What year did all of Malis Empire fall
by 1500 everything was lost from attack
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What made Mansa musa such a strong leader how was he different form other mali leaders?
he was different from other Mali leaders as he expanded the empire greatly was very rich from his trade takeovers. He also spread religion on his Hajj
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True or false was the empire of Songhai part of Malis empire
True it grew when Mali was still in power
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How did the Songhai empire grow stronger
Songhai was a trade empire
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who conquered songhai
Mansa Musa Conquered Songhai for Mali but not for long as Mali was weakening after his death
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Who did Songhai trade with
berbers as they shared Muslim beliefs this trading helped them become stronger
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Who was Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali became ruler of Songhai 1464 he was a harsh ruler though
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What did Sunni Ali do to strengthen Songhai
he conquered the cities of Timbuktu and djenne which were large trading cities this strengthen Songhai economically
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What else did Sunni Ali do Songhai
he allowed other religions to be practice in Songhai alongside Islam
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Who was Askia the great and what did he do
He had a different approach on Songhai‘s government he divided the empire in a separate provinces. Each province had its own governor
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What else did askia the great do
Directors of different specialization such as finance and agriculture. We’re also appointed by him a tax system was also put in place.
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What war contributed to Songhai fall
In 1528 areas around songhai were attacked by Moroccan invaders backed by spain they came and conquered Songhai from 1528 through 1591. Morocco wanted their salt mines and gold deposits and song high was easily defeated by Moroccan guns and cannons only using their simple weapons.
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What were the 4 main causes of Songhai fall
lack of tech couldn’t compete with guns and cannons internal struggle political chaos civil wars Moroccan invaders and traders from Europe caused Songhai to fall

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