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Notes for Mini Lesson __**Ghana Builds an Empire**__

Reading Check:**Summarizing** How did the rulers of Ghana control trade?The rulers of Ghana controlled trade by taxing traders, and protecting them by using the Ghana Army.
 * Traders were protected by Ghana's army
 * Trade became safer, traders were not afraid to travel to Ghana, so trade increased.
 * Ghana always looked for ways to make money off of the traders.
 * Forced traders to pay taxes
 * People of Ghana also had to play taxes
 * Ghana's mines produced lots of gold, not all of the gold was traded
 * Rulers of Ghana banned all the other people from owning gold, this ensured that the king was richer than everyone else in his kingdom
 * used wealth to build a powerful army
 * conquered many lands
 * Ghana empire reached it's peak under the rule of Tunka Manin


 * == Assignment Title == || == My Assignment Goes Here == || == Date Due: == || == Date Turned in: == ||
 * == 1. Africa Chapter Walk == || [[file:Africa Chapter Walkkaitlingates.doc]] || == 12/1 == ||  ||
 * == 2. 5.1 Study Guide == || [[file:5.1africakaitlingates.doc]] || == 12/1 == ||  ||
 * == 3. Political and Physical maps of Africa == || Turned in on paper || == 12/1 == ||  ||
 * ==== ** 4. SAS Sahara Acitivity ** ==== || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://7thgradeworldhistoryperiod5.wikispaces.com/file/view/SaharaDesert1344_CompletionPage_KaitlinGates.pdf"]] [|SaharaDesert1344_CompletionPage_KaitlinGates.pdf] || == **12/2** == ||  ||
 * == 5. 5.2 Mini Poster/Prezi == || Mini Poster on Glogster || == 12/3 == ||  ||
 * == 6. == ||  ||   ||   ||