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Unit 15 sect. 2&3
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Social Studies
9th Grade
11/26/2012

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Ghana
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is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south
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Mali
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is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is bordered by Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso
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Sundiata
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the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata.
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Mansa Musa
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the tenth Mansa, which translates as "King of Kings" or "Emperor", of the Malian Empire
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Songhai
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was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history
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Hausa
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language of the Hausa [people]) is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language
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Yourba
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is a Niger–Congo language spoken in West Africa
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Benin
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is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north
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Swahili
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language, is basically of Bantu (African) origin
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Great Zimbabwe
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a ruined city that was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country’s Late Iron Age
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Mutapa
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was a Shona kingdom which stretched between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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