The Middle Ages:  West African Trading Kingdoms
HIS 8.  Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) and Asia (Byzantine, Ottoman, Mughal and China) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.
Learning Targets:
  • I can recognize that empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.
Assessment:  Quiz

West African Trade Kingdoms of the Middle Ages

Task 1 - Map
Use the link to visit a map that details the trade that occurred in west Africa during the Middle Ages.  Complete the following steps and use this map to label the map in your notes accurately.

Directions:
1.  Color the kingdom of Ghana - make the key reflect this.
2.  Color the kingdom of Mali - make the key reflect this. 
3.  Color the kingdom of Songhai - make the key reflect this. 
4. Put a black dot where the city of Timbuktu is (Hint - this was a city that developed in the kingdom of Mali so it should be within its borders).
5. Label the Atlantic Ocean
6. Label the Indian Ocean
7. Draw in the trade routes of these kingdoms as accurately as you can. 
Task 2 - Notes
Directions:  
Use these three sources to fill in your graphic organizer about the 3 medieval West African Trade Kingdoms.  ​Really focus in on italisiced information
Task 3 - Playposit
​Directions: 
Answer the questions on the video and record the answers in your notes.    
Task 4 - Socrative Check
Directions:  
​Use your West African Trade Kingdoms notes to answer the questions on the Socrative
Rm Code is LUKEN!

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Extra Activities - for when you finish all 4 tasks.  

Unlock the Answers Review Game

Unlock all of the locks in order to earn a dollar!  Make sure you spell things correctly!  
Quizlet Review - Arabian Pen, Islam, Africa, and the West African Trade Kingdoms.
West African Trade Kingdoms Word Search

You do not have to submit this online!  
Quizziz Game - Code is 447528

Use what you have learned to help answer the questions.  Some questions we did not directly discuss by you should be able to answer!  
Games about West African Trade Kingdoms, Other West African trade centers and African History 

These cover more topics than what we covered in class.