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|| == **12/1** == || 12/1 || of Africa || Turned into Mrs.Miller on paper. || == **12/1** == || 12/1 || Sahara Desert 1344 SAS® Curriculum Pathways® NAME: Susie Presar CLASS: Mrs.Miller DATE: 12/1/2010 Copyright © 2010, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA, All Rights Reserved Page 1 of 1 || ==12/2== || 12/2 || media type="custom" key="7762293"
 * == **Assignment Title** == || == **My Assignment Goes Here** == || == **Date Due:** == || == **Date Turned in:** == ||
 * == **1. Africa Chapter Walk** == || == ==
 * == **2. 5.1 Study Guide** == || [[file:5.1 geog Africa.doc]] || == **12/1** == || 12/1 ||
 * == **3. Political and Physical maps** ==
 * == 4. SAS Sahara Acitivity == || Susie Presar completed the quiz for Sahara Desert.
 * == **5. 5.2 Mini Poster/Prezi** == || See Below || == **12/3** == || 12/3 ||
 * == **6.** == ||  ||   ||   ||

**Section** **6.** **1.2:** Ghana Builds an Empire (Tanner, Susie) The rulers of Ghana controlled trade by forcing traders to pay taxes. Every trader who entered Ghana had to pay taxes, on the good he was carrying. Then he had to pay another tax on any goods he took with him when he left.
 * 800- Ghana was in control of West Africans trade routes.
 * Most traders passed through Ghana
 * Traders were protected by armies, trade became safer
 * Traders were not scared to travel.
 * Trade increased
 * Ghana rulers raised money by forcing traders to pay taxes
 * The people of Ghana also had to pay taxes
 * People of Ghana also had to pay tribute
 * Ghana conquered small neighboring tribes
 * Rulers used money for the army to grow
 * Not all the money came from taxes and tribute
 * Ghana's rich mines made huge amounts of gold
 * Gold was carried by traders to lands that were far away, like England.
 * Not all Ghana's gold was traded
 * Ghana's king keep lots of gold for themselves
 * All gold produced in Ghana was property of the king
 * Rare materials are worth more that common materials
 * Rulers banned anyone that owned gold nuggets
 * Common people could could only own gold dust, which was money
 * The king was richer than everyone else
 * Ghana's kings used their money to build a powerful army
 * Ghana conquered many of their neighbors, because of their new army.
 * conquered areas were centers of trade
 * This made Ghana's kings richer
 * Ghana's kings did not think they could rule all the territory by themselves
 * Ghana was large, travel and communication in West Africa was difficult
 * They allowed conquered kings to retain some of their power, to keep their empire in order
 * These kings acted like governors, they would only answer to the king
 * The empire of Ghana reached its peak under Tunka Manin.
 * The king of Tunka Manin had a good court where he showed the vast wealth of the empire.
 * A Spanish writer noted the court's splendor.
 * Reading Check** - How did the rulers of Ghana control trade?


 * Summary:** The Ghana empire was big on spreading taxes for people who passed through the trading routes. In the beginning, trading was free and well protected in Ghana's trading routes. It was protected by the massive Ghanaian army. This army was also one of the most powerful and massive armies in the world. This army wiped out many neighbors and expanded the empire. The kings would make money off all of the area's they had captured. The kings were extremely rich. They earned ponderous amounts of salt and gold, and in addition they made even more money from the taxes they enforced and the land they captured.


 * Objectives:**
 * 1.** The enforcing in taxes for traders that traded on Ghana's routes.
 * 2.** How massive and powerful the Ghanaian army was.
 * 3.** How there was a huge amount of gold, and how it was a rare materials.

Step 1. Susie will announce the title. (Ghana Builds an Empire) Step 2. Tanner and Susie will alternate reading slides or Tanner will do "Taxes and Gold" and Susie will do "Expansion of the Empire". Step 3. The students will be taking notes while listening to Susie and Tanner describing their power point. Step 4: Each part will take approximately 4-5 minutes.
 * Procedure:**


 * Quiz Questions:**
 * 1.** How did Ghana keep control of trading?
 * a.** Violence
 * b.** Closing the trade routes
 * c.** Enforcing Taxes
 * d.** Only letting Ghanaian people into the trade routes

True or False
 * 2.** Were traders the only people that had to pay taxes?


 * 3.** What did the Ghanaians use for currency?
 * a.** Gold nuggets
 * b.** Gold dust
 * c.** Rocks


 * 4.** How did the Ghanaian empire's army expanded?
 * a.** Wealth
 * b.** Religion
 * c.** Farming
 * d.** Their army


 * 5.** Who helped Ghanaian kings keep the empire in controll?
 * a.** Conquered kings
 * b.** Ghanaians
 * c.** Traders
 * d.** Their military