7th Grade Ancient China

Pretend you and your family are on a Game Show about Ancient China. Since you have just studied Ancient China, you are the expert in your family and they need your help. Summarize the important events, people, dates, places, and inventions of Ancient China for your family. Remember your summary should be good enough to help your family win First Place.

Two ways you can display your information are through a Travel Brochure or an Ancient China Posterboard.

Due Monday March 22.

West Africa: Study Guide

West African Study Guide

Put the three empires of West Africa in the correct order from earliest to latest

Put the three empires of West Africa in the correct order from smallest to largest

which war was Ghana defeated by Mali

People of Ghana

What capital was divided in two? Why?

Sundiata

Why did people move from the Sahara to West Africa?

Sahel?

Skills of the Nok people

Jenne Jeno was abandoned?

B/c they had so much food, the people of Jenne-jeno had time to do what?

Mansa Musa

Islam

Islamic scholars taught them what?

How did Mansa Musa’s relgion affect Mali’s trade?

What caused Songhai to break away from Mali?

Why did songhai collapse

How are the trade empires different than the villages?

Basis of govt for the villages

What was the most important economic activity in West African villages?

What did West African villages please their gods with?

What is the significance of the gold and salt trade in West Africa? Explain the role it had in putting Mali on the map in the 1300s.
What do the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all have in common?