What was the main mode of transportation along the African trade routes?

What was the main reason that traders crossed the desert in large groups?

Which of the following was a typical trade good of the African trade routes?

What are large groups of camels used to transport goods called?

What religion spread throughout the region through Arab traders?

Which empire caused the decline of the Ghana Empire?

What was the role of griots in West African culture?

Which kingdom emerged as a powerful trading state in West Africa after the decline of Ghana?

Mansa Musa did all of the following EXCEPT

What did Mansa Musa do to make Timbuktu a center of Islamic learning and culture?

Which region was the kingdom of Ghana located in?

Why were masks an important part of ancient West African culture?

West African kingdoms were located along which river?

Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was too

Read the West African proverb.

Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.

What is the moral of this proverb?

What contributed to the fall of the Ghana Empire?

What is the the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa?

The Sahel is located 

Folktales were told by West Africans to pass along history and to teach young people morals and values.

West Africans used sculptures to

The Bantu people introduced new ______ methods to Africa

The spread of iron technology by the Bantu is considered a major turning point in African history.

Caravans used camels and could only travel about 1 mile per hours and it took about 12 months to reach their destination.

The center of Islamic learning was built by Mansa Musa in 

Oases hold a variety of life, including wildlife, natural greenery, and humans.