| A | B |
|---|
| the largest desert in the world | Sahara Desert |
| mean "shore of the desert" | Sahel |
| Sahel | the boundary between Savanna and the desert |
| Savanna | tropical grasslands |
| climate | weather in a place as it happens over time. |
| O degrees lattitude | equator |
| the earliest African people to work with iron | Nok people |
| The people who brought Islam to West Africa | Arab traders |
| the greatest of the Kings of Mali | Mansa Musa |
| founder of the empire of Mali; modern Malians all consider him to be their ancestor | Sundiata |
| the first of the West African trading empires | Ghana |
| the capital of the Ghanan empire | koumbi |
| the capital of Mali's empire | Niani |
| the capital of Songhai | Gao |
| the religion that Arab traders brought | Islam |
| people who follow the religon of Islam are called this | Muslims |
| the Arabic word for God | Allah |
| where most West Africans lived | in small villages |
| the perfect crop for wet regions of Africa | rice |
| the basic grain of drier areas of West Africa | millet |
| the weath of West African empires was built on this | gold and salt |
| why salt was so valuable | body needed salt it lost through perspiration (sweat) in the hot desert environment |
| West Africa's wealth was built on farming, manufacturing, or trade? | trade |
| the Nok people were the first to use this kind of tool in West Africa | Nok People |
| the was the river that the capitals of Mali and Songhai were built on | Niger River |
| which empire was larger? Mali or Ghana | Mali |
| which empire was larger Songhai or Mali | Songhai |
| what is the correct chronological order for the three empires? | Ghana, Mali, Songhai |
| were the residents of Koumbi divided by wealth or religion? | religion |
| did West African villagers believe in one or many gods? | many gods |
| means wealth passes from the father | patrilineal |
| means wealth passes from the mother | matrilineal |
| means groups based on family relationship | kinship |
| this was the name for an person able to speak with the spirit world | diviner |
| griot | African storyteller who told stories through songs |
| delta | a triangular piece of land formed by river sediment |
| Jenne-jeno was located on one | delta |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| monotheism | belief in one gods |
| the desert of northern Africa | Sahara |
| Three major rivers in Africa | Nile, Niger, Congo |
| The two major trade goods in the empire of Ghana | gold and salt |
| this product was equal to it weight of gold in the empire of Mali | salt |
| why animal couldn't be raised by people living in the jungle | disease |
| the Religion of Mansa Musa | Islam |
| Why Mansa Musa made his famous trip | pilgrimage to Mecca; hajj; fifth pillar of Islam |
