Chapter 1 Section 3 African Cultures Guided Reading Answers

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Chapter 1 Section 3 African CulturesGuided
ReadingAnswers
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• Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
• Trading gold and salt
• Africa is bordered by Mediterranean Sea up north,
  Atlantic west and south. The Sahara desert
  stretches across the continent.
• Oxen, donkeys, horses, and camels

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• Ghana (today)

Ancient Ghana
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• Ancient Mali

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• Songhai and Mali today

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• 5. Camels could carry more weight than oxen or
  horses, could walk for a longer period of the
  day, and could go over a week without water.
• 6. Islam Muslims
• 7. Gold trade 2/3 of the gold in Europe

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• 8. Positioned to benefit from the growing trade
  in gold
• 9. Ghana in the AD 400s
• 10. Gold and salt trade
• 11. Farmers and herders
• 12. Frequent wars w/Muslims of the Sahara

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• 13. Malinke direct the gold trade
• 14. Mansa. Scribes and treasurers lived in the
  capital city with the emperor. Traditional rulers
  managed local affairs and collected a tribute
  from farmers to send to capital.
• 15. Sorko fished
• 16. Canoes

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• 17. Ruler of Songhai. He used a powerful army of
  cavalry backed by war canoes to seize Timbuktu in
  1468.
• 18. Askiya Muhammad reviving Timbuktu as a great
  center of learning, encouraged trade across the
  Sahara, and centralized power in the capital.

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• 19. 1591 Moroccan troops armed w/guns and cannon
• 20. Yoruba and Edo
• 21. Surplus food that was used to support rulers,
  govt officials, artisans, and artists
• 22. Wood and ivory terra-cotta sculptures cast
  metal

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• 23. matrilineal. Traced descent through mothers
  upon marriage man became member of brides
  family.
• 24. Child rearing, cooking, trade, farming
• 25. Hunted, fished, raised livestock
• 26. Central African Kingdom of Kongo

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• 27. Yes Captured in war
• 28. Hard work, good luck, sell produce
• 29. Arrival of Islam Muslims in Middle East were
  allowed to enslave non-Muslims. Arab traders
  began to trade horses, cotton, and other goods in
  exchange for enslaved Africans who were POW.

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• 30. Portuguese west coast of Africa Euro.
  Goods gold, ivory, pepper, and palm oil
• 31. Muslims in 1100s
• 32. Euro formerly used honey and fruit juices to
  sugar their foods 20 of all cal consumed in
  Europe came from Europe

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• 33. Hard labor. Cane is tough and has to be cut
  down w/thick knives, lg amt of sugarcane has to
  be cut to produce 1 lb of sugar
• 34. Captured Muslims and Slavic peoples
• 35. Demand for slave labor rose slavery changed.
  Traders took enslaved Africans from their homes
  and sent them across the Atlantic. Had very
  little chance of winning their freedom.