What is keep trading run smoothly, perform religious ceremonies
and held court to settle disputes?
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Traders from the North who brought salt and Islam to
West Africa.
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Who are the Berbers?
Ghana lost power after a brief take
over by these people.
What are the Almoravids?
Took over Ghana becoming West Africa’s second
great trading empire.
What is Mali?
How did the Trans-Saharan trade influence West
Africa?
Brought a new religion Islam, Islamic geometric
art, ethics, law and ethics.
Why did Mansa-Musa brought
such an elaborate caravan to
Mecca?
What is to increase trade by showing his
wealth?
What religion did Ghana’s kings
follow?
What is ISLAM?
Who were the Berbers?
What is North African nomads who
established the Trans-Saharan trade?
Labor specializations
contributed to the clan’s economy.
What is a diverse economy?
How did the Niger River affect the
economy of West Africa?.
What is annual floods created rich soil, key to route
for trade?
Many West Africans
learned Arabic.
What is to study the Quran?
Who developed Timbuktu as a
center of trade?
Who is Sundiata?
How did the king of Ghana become
wealthy?
What is taxing trade?
This formed the basis for village life in West Africa.
What is kinship?
In West African villages, what did
most people’s lives center on?
What is farming?
What did most West Africans feel
the strongest
loyalty to?.
What is family (kinship) and
village?
What did Mansa-Musa bring back to Mali from his
pilgrimage?
What is scholars and architects?
How did Islam influence Ghana’s rulers?
What is Islam’s use of written language
helped Muslims gain power in the government?
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What role did kinship groups play in West African society?
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What is basis of government?
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Name at least three of Sundiata’s accomplishments?
Daily Double1. Developed the city of Timbuktu2. Expanded the empire beyond Ghana’s borders.3. Supported the development of food crops.4. He balanced the Islamic beliefs with his traditional religious beliefs. 5. Re-established the salt-gold trade