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Name
Date
CHAPTER
15
GUIDED READING
West African Civilizations
Section 2
A. Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects As you read about the empires and
states that arose in West Africa, briefly note the causes or effects (depending on
which is missing) of each situation.
Causes
Effects
2. The Muslim Almoravids disrupted the gold-salt trade
that Ghana had controlled.
3. _______ was discovered farther east, causing
a shift eastward in ________ routes.
4. Most of Mansa Musa's successors did not
govern ______ also, new ________ deposits
were developed and trade shifted
______________ again.
5.
Unlike their foe, the Songhai warriors had no
modern weapons.
Using _________ Berber
nomads blazed new trade
_________ across the Sahara
and trade __________.
With the source of its wealth
gone, Ghana never regained
power.
The people of Mali, who lived in
the region of the new trade routes,
were able to seize power.
The empire of Mali weakened.
Moroccan troops quickly defeated
the Songhai warriors.
6. The city-states of Kano and Katsina were located
along the route that linked other West African states
with the Mediterranean.
7. The largest Yoruba kingdoms produced surplus food,
which was sent to cities.
B. Summarizing On the back of this paper, briefly identify each term or name.
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
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Ibn Battuta
Yoruba
Benin
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1. Berbers discovered that camels could cover greater
distances than other pack animals and could travel
up to ten days without water.
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CHAPTER
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Date
GUIDED READING
Section 3
Eastern City-States and
Southern Empires
A. Summarizing As you read this section, make notes to answer the questions.
1. How did the monsoons help change the existing villages of East Coast Africa into bustling seaports?
Traders took advantage of the monsoons to sail across the Indian Ocean to East
Africa.
2. How did Kilwa’s location contribute to its wealth and power?
It was as far south as a ship from India could sail and still sail home during the
same monsoon season. Trade goods from the south had to funnel into Kilwa so
Asian merchants could buy them.
3. What was the importance of the Portuguese conquest of Sofala, Kilwa, and Mombasa?
4. What were the geographical advantages of Great Zimbabwe?
Its area was good for farming and cattle raising. It was near an important trade
route linking the inland gold fields with the coastal trading city of Sofala.
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5. How did the Muslims influence the development of East African cities?
6. How did the Mutapa Empire become great? List four reasons.
a.
b.
c.
The original area
had fertile soil,
good rainfall, and
ample wood--all
important
resources
d.
Gold Mining was
widespread;
conquered people
worked in the
mines
B. Clarifying On the back of this paper, identify each of the following: Swahili,
Great Zimbabwe, and Mutapa.
Swahili-combination of Arabic and the Bantu language.
Great Zimbabwe-Wealthy city based on gold trade.
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