The rise of ghana Flashcards
What are the 5 vegatition zones
Mediterranean,Sahara Desert,Sahel,Saranna and Rain Foreset
What is the Meddiateraean zone
Summer dry/warm, winter
Sahara Deseret
Largeset desert in the world hot and extermely dry all yearo or hot and dry
Sahel
Slightly dry separates dry north from the tropical grasslands in the south
Savanna
Tropical grasslands Rainfall supported growth of crops like rice
Rain foreset
Hot and wet all year Second largest continent in the world Africa is a plateu
Early civilaztions are formed near where
Rivers
what are the 2 rivers
Niger and Senegal
What does the Coatline lack what
Natural harbors and many waterfalls discouraged trade
What was the natural resources
Land,gold,copper and salt
Their tools and weapons were stronger then what
Stone,wood and bones
West African civilaztions learned to work with what
Metals
Nok became what
A hub for making iron tools
Increase in what
Food increased population and city grew
Since everyone didn’t need to grow food what did they do instead
So they became experts at other jobs
Each clan specialized in what
Craft or trade
Arab and berber traders are from what
North Africa
Ghana is located where
Across trade routes
What is Trans-Saharan
Trade across the Sahara
Islam spread how
From North africa to west
What relieved Heavliy on
Gold and salt
Why did Ghana empire decline
Overpopulation food shortages and overdependence on trade
