Unit 3 West African Civilizations Part 2
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Sushiangel on May 14, 2012
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history, social studies, grade 7, africa
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Reign of Sundiata | -Mali's first strong leader -Improved agriculture -Took power away from local leaders -Died 1255 |
| Who were the mansas? | -Local leaders -Had both political and religious roles in society |
| Importance of Mansa Musa's hajj | Made Mali famous throughout Africa, Asia and Europe |
| How Mansa Musa spread education and Islam | -Stressed the importance to read Arabic in order to read the Qur'an -Built elaborate mosques |
| Reasons for fall of Mali empire | -Following leaders were not strong -Empire was too large to be taken care of -Invaders weakened empire |
| Why Berbers wanted to trade with Songhai | They shared a common religion of Islam |
| 2 lasting governmental inventions of Askia the Great | 1. Set up five provinces within Songhai and appointed governors that were loyal two him 2. Created special departments to oversee certain tasks, like a standing professional army |
| Why Morroco invaded Songhai | They wanted to control the Saharan salt mines because they needed money |
| What is an arquebus? | An early form of a gun |
| Reasons for collapse of Songhai empire | -Changes in trade patterns -Moroccans' guns and cannons |
| Griots | West African storytellers |
| West African epics | -Many poems are collected in the Dausi and the Sundiata -Dausi tells the history of Ghana -Sundiata is about the history of Mali |
| Musical traditions | Music was played when a ruler entered a room |
| Sculpture | -Best known form of art -Made out of wood, brass, clay, ivory, stone, and other materials -Artists were respected because most statues were made for religious purposes |
| Garments worn by kings and queens for special occasions | Kente was a hand-woven, brightly colored fabric that ruler wore |
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