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| A cruel ruler who uses their power against their subjects without any limits |
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| a large group of related families |
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| Songhai emperor who conquered Timbuktu |
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| A group of people who are related to a common ancestor |
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| Troops trained to fight on horseback |
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| A Songhai emperor who started a war to spread Islam |
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The branch of an army made up of units trained to fight on foot. |
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| a professional storyteller |
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The Songhai ruled over the ___________-___________ trading routes |
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| The Songhai rulled over the trans-Saharan trading routes. As a result traders began to use_________ |
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| A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth. |
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"Kings may come and go but the family endures[goes on]." This quote best shows the importance of ______________ in West African Culture. |
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| Traditional African Music |
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| What was the main job of Griots in West Africa? |
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| to pass on the history of the people |
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| What event gave Sunni Ali Ber control of the gold and salt trade? |
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| After he took Timbuktu Sunni Ali Ber wanted to do what to take control of the trans-Saharan trade routes? |
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| in West African social structure regional traders in commerce were ranked just below_____________ |
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| the emperor and noble families |
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| how would tales of Anansi the Spider help to transmit African cultures? |
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| to teach right from wrong |
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| Anansi the Spider is an example of African |
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| How did slaves earn their freedom in West African society? |
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| by earning money to buy freedom |
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| True or false slaves could not set up a business in West African society. |
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| how did Askia Muhammad attempt to spread Islam? |
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| by using the Qur'an for writing Mossi laws |
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| Why did Askia Muhammad fail to spread the Arabic Language to the Mossi people? |
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| The Mossi people remained independent of Songhai and kept their traditional faith |
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| Dance was an important part of West African life name 9 things that dance could do. |
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1. celebrated a great hunt 2. celebrated a successful harvest 3. religious cerimony 4. Acted out stories of the gods 5. acted out syories of ancestors 6. marked important stages in life 7. done at births 8. done at marriages 9. performed at funerals |
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| How did African Art forms work together to act as powerful forces in Africa culture? |
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| Music and dance taught history and marked festivals. |
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| What was the common language in Songhai that was used for religion and trade? |
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| What job did most villagers in a West African village do? |
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| What was one main economic difference between large cities and small West African villages |
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| Trade for all types of goods increased in the cities |
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| What is one effect that slavery in America had on West African Culture? |
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| It transplanted certain West African traditions to the Americas |
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| 4 main ways Askia Muhammad helped spread trade were? |
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1. Armies keep trade routes safe. 2. New system of weights and measures 3. inspectors check on honesty of traders 4. Arabic provided a common language between traderes |
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| What are some major differences between ethnic groups and a clan? |
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| Ethnic groups can be many clans clans are related families |
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| How does a common lineage link a family group or clan? |
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| Kinship connects them with shared traits.qualities or history |
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| What could have been some of the reasons why West Africa did not have a written language untill the arrival of Arab traders? |
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| West Africa had strong oral traditions |
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