west africa

Question 1

griot

Answer 1

A griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician

Question 2

Mali empire

Answer 2

the Mali Empire. Established by King Sundiata Keita, known as the “Lion King,” the Mali Empire brought wealth, culture, and Islamic faith to West Africa.

Question 3

Ghana empire

Answer 3

The Ghana Empire, also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadou, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and wester

Question 4

Songhai empire

Answer 4

Songhai empire, great trading state of West Africa

Question 5

BERBER

Answer 5

Berbers or the Berber peoples, also called by their contemporary endonym Amazigh or Imazighen,

Question 6

MANSU MUSA

Answer 6

Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign.

Question 7

the Battuta

Answer 7

‘Battuta’ means ‘duckling’.

Question 8

Trans Saharan Caravan Trade

Answer 8

Trans-Saharan trade is trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara.

Question 9

djeene

Answer 9

Djenné, ancient trading city and center of Muslim scholarship, southern Mali.

Question 10

Timbuktu