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African test for orinda intermediate school
This is the test for Ms.Kisch, Chapter 6. This flash card set sumerizes Chapter 6 in the California 7th grade Social Studies text book.
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01/14/2013

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What were the two most valuable resources traded in Ghana
Definition
Gold and Salt
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How did the Silent Barter system work
Definition
People would exchange goods without ever making contact
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Who was Tunka Manin
Definition
The king of Ghana when Ghana hit its highest potiental.
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What did Ghanas' kings do with the money they raised from taxes
Definition
For the military or themselfs
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Why did the rulers of Ghana not want everyone to have gold
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So that only the king could hold a golden nugget. Subjects could hold gold dust
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What group invaded Ghana in the late 1000's
Definition
A group of muslims called the Almoravids
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How did overgrazing help cause the fall of Ghana
Definition
When areas of grass are torn up by cows, it exposes crops that are swept up by desert winds and farmers can't sell any of there goods.
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Who was sundiata
Definition
The ruler of Mali when they rose to power.
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How did Sundiata turn Mali into an empire
Definition
By creating an army against a king who treated Mali vary badly
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What became the main launguage of government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa.
Why.
Definition
Arabic. So it could make Islam for famous in Africa.
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How did Mansa Musa's journey change people's perceptions of Mali
Definition
That Mansa Musa wanted people to now that religon was important in Mali
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How did Islam help turn Mali into a center of learnimg
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Mansa Musa made scholers go to morroco to study the quran
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What group invaded Mali in 1431
Definition
The tyareg from the sahara
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How did Mali's size lead to its fall
Definition
Because it was so hard to control
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In what part of West Africa did Songhai begin
Definition
Around Mali
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What did Sunni Ali accomplish
Definition
Streching Songhai's land and being the first ruler
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What religon gained influence in Songhai under Askia the Great
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Islam
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How did contact with other cultures change Songhai's Empire in the 1590s
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It helped with trading and agreculture
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Which group of people invaded the Songhai Empire in the 1560s
Definition
The Moroccan Invaders
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What is oral history
Definition
A spoken record of past events
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Why were griots and their stories important in West African society
Definition
African people were interested in the deeds of there ancestors
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Name one writer who wrote about West Africa
Definition
al-Masudi,Abu Ubayd al-Bakri,Ibn Battutah,Leo Africanus
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What were two forms of visual art popular in west africa
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Music and Dance
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What is a Kente
Definition
Is a hand woven brightly colored fabric
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What is a proverbs
Definition
a short saying of wisdom or truth
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