Rise of West Africa

Multiple Choice

Savanna is

• a grassland

• a desert

• a sea

• a forest

Multiple Choice

Which vegetation zone probably has the best farmland?

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Rainforest

• Desert

Multiple Choice

Which vegetation zone probably has the worst farmland?

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Rainforest

• Desert

Draw

In addition to being used for drinking water, irrigation, and a food source, what else was the Niger River most likely used for?

Multiple Choice

The largest of the three trading empires of West Africa was

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

Multiple Choice

How is transportation best conducted in the desert?

• car

• donkey

• camel

• horse

Multiple Choice

Which West African trade good was used to preserve meat before refrigeration?

• ivory

• gold

• salt

• ice

Draw

Draw how African trading empires compared to European kingdoms of the time

Multiple Choice

What was significant about the location of Ghana?

• It had access to the Atlantic Ocean and therefore valuable shipping routes

• It was located between the gold mines in the south and valuable salt resources in the north

• The empire was isolated from other empires, keeping it safe from attacks.

• Most of the empire was located in the mountains overlooking other empires.

Multiple Choice

Salt was a biologically important mineral found where in Africa?

• North Sahara

• Wangara

• Zimbabwe

• Sahel

Multiple Choice

How did Ghana become so wealthy?

• It had many colonies throughout the African continent

• It sold TVs before Europe knew about them

• There were big businesses in Ghana

• Ghana collected taxes from the gold and salt trade using its location in the middle of the trade

Multiple Choice

Mali rose to power when this ruler was the king

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata Keita

• Askia the Great

• Suleiman the Great

Multiple Choice

Sundiata's nickname was

• Tiger King

• Lion Prince

• Turtle Neck

• King of the Lions

Multiple Select

Arab and Berber traders brought what cultural influence(s) to West Africa?

• Islamic architecture (mosques)

• Arabic language

• Islamic faith

• Shinto temples

Multiple Choice

Timbuktu was an important trading city and capital of which empire?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Axum

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements is true about the trading empires of West Africa?

• Mansa Musa converted all Africans to Christianity

• The economies were based solely on agriculture

• Ghana, Songhai, and Mali were important trade crossroads

• Only people of the same faith could trade with each other

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