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Ghana, Mali, Songhai
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6th Grade
12/19/2011

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful kingdoms by controlling what in West Africa?
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trade
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African people and African goods played an important role in exciting European intrests in what?
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world recources
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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were wealthy _______ that controlled trade in West Africa from _____ to _____ A.D
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wealthy empires ...from 300 to 1600

 

 

 

(thats 1300 years, wow)

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These 3 empires were ruled by powerful _____
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powerful kings
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These empires were important to Europeans because they wanted African recources like _______ and ______.
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like gold and salt
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_________ traded along the coastline of West Africa.
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Portugal
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They carried _______ from West Africa to Europe.
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carried goods
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They traded or bartered _____, _____, and _____ for gold.
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bartered metals, cloth, and other goods
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Ghana, located in West Africa, was the first great african _____ in West Africa.
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african empire
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Ghana became known for what 3 things?
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wealth

organization

power

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the _________ required traders from Ghana to carry gold by camel caravans to countries north of the sahara.
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the "Salt Gold" trade
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What order did the mepires come in
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Ghana then Mali then Songhai
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Mali became a powerful empire in _____ and continued to be one through ______ A.D.
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in 1200 ...through 1400
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What are the names of Mali's best kings
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Sundiata

Musa Mali (mansa musa)

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Most of Mali's population were what?
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farmers
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Timbukto , a city in Mali... was the center for learning in ______.
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Islam
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Mali also controlled the ______________
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"Gold and Salt" trade
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In the late 1400's Songhai became most powerful empire in west africa spreading from  Gao to T........
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Timbuktu
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Ali-Ber was the _____ of Songhai.
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king
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Songhai had many islamic Whats?
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Scholars
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Songhai was very succesful in the Gold/salt trade with ________ merchants
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Muslim
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you better nit have been using your _______ while doing this.
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notes

 

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