Chapter 19
Sections 3 and 4
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1. What countries make up West Africa? As a
cultural hearth, to what two areas did West
Africa’s ideas and practices spread?
2. What empires thrived because of trade?
What were the two main products traded?
How did Ghana get its name?
3. What kingdom conquered Ghana? What
empire conquered the area next? Finally,
what invasion destroyed the last empire of
the area?
4. Define stateless society. From whom did
these stateless societies face challenges?
5. West Africa still depends on trade. What
three areas do West Africans depend upon
for trade? What is the strongest economic
nation in West Africa? The weakest?
6. What has caused Ghana’s economy to
grow at a healthy rate? What three factors
have caused Sierra Leone to have the poorest
economy in West Africa?
7. Define Ashanti. West African music comes
from what two areas?
8. What nations make up Central Africa?
Where did Europeans first begin their African
colonization?
9. Define Bantu migrations. Why are the
Bantu migrations a key event in African
history?
10. What European king moved European
interests in Africa from the coastline to the
interior regions. Why did this king want to go
to Africa’s interior? What did this king pave
the way for?