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Question: Who is the founder of Islam?

Answer : Muhammad

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Question: During what kingdom did Islam appear in West Africa?

Answer: MALI

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Question: What is the hajj is the Islamic faith?

Answer: a religious pilgrimage to Mecca

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Question:What is a muezzin?

Answer : a man who calls Muslims to prayer at noon

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Question: Name the 5 Pillars of Islam

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Question: Along what river are all 3 west African Kingdoms located?

Answer: Niger River

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Question: What were the main crops of West Africa?

Answer: corn, yams, sorghum….

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Question: What was the largest kingdom and how far did it stretch?

Answer: Songhay ….from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad

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Question: Describe the climate/geography of north, south, and central Africa

Answer NORTH: grasslands and deserts, arid

SOUTH: grasslands, and deserts, arid

CENTRAL: jungles and rainforests

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Question: What bodies of water surround Africa?

Answer Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea

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Question: What was the major export of west Africa?

Answer: GOLD

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Question: What were the other exports of west Africa (besides gold)

Answer: salt, slaves, timber

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Question: What was the route that merchants took to and from west Africa to trade?

Answer: Trans-Sahara Trade Route

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Question: Name at least 2 resources that came to west Africa as imports and why they were important to society.

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Question: How did the governments in west Africa intervene in the trade routes?

Answer: they passed laws that protected merchants, provided guards near merchant’s camps, charged a tax to merchants to enter and trade in west Africa

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Question: Place the 3 major kingdoms in order from oldest to most recent

Answer Ghana, Mali, Songhai

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Question: What was the downfall of each of the 3 kingdoms:

Answer Ghana: Islamic tribes entered west Africa and took power away from kings

Mali: overthrown by Berbers

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Question: Who was Sonni Ali?

Answer: a great military leader of the Songhai kingdom

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Question: What opened during the reign of Mansa Musa and explain its importance..

Answer: University at Timbuktu…allowed all people to be educated which expands labor….also attracts people from all over Africa to west Africa which improves the economy

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Question: Name one similarity and one difference between the kingdoms

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Question: State one political growth of Africa and how this effected the civilizations…

Answer: monarchy—absolute rule by leaders--religious tolerance—allowed many religions to come to the region--focused on military—many different kingdom takeovers--used bureaucracy---a system of government with many different jobs at different levels--no formal court system

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Question: Name one social growth and its effects on the west African civilizations…

Answer: griots—traditions passed down orally---matrilineal—heritage passed down on mother’s side of the family--wedding party: whole village would celebrate the choosing of a bride--women worked in farm fields--Islam called for women to be educated

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Question: Name one economic growth and its affects on the civilizations of west Africa

Answer: gold!---promoted trade with other civilizations--lack of resources and good farm land—forced Africans to trade with other civilizations

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Question: What is the holy book of the religion of Islam?

Answer the KORAN or QU’RAN

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Category #5 $500Category #5 $500Question: Explain Ramadan

Answer: a religious holiday during the 9th month of the Islamic calendar…

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