Kingdoms of Africa

Multiple Choice

What religion was introduced to Africa by traders?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

Multiple Choice

Why was Ghana's location important?

• It was located by the coast.

• It was located between the gold and salt mines.

• It was located near the Mediterranean Sea.

• It was located by an oasis in the Sahara Desert.

Multiple Choice

How did Ghana make money?

• By taxing traders who travel through their territory to get to the gold mines.

• By selling supplies necessary to survive in the desert.

• By providing guides for a camel caravan's trek through the desert.

• By mining in the gold mine.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following was NOT a reason for the decline and fall of Ghana?

• 14 years of war against the Almoravids.

• Overgrazed grasslands.

• Internal rebellions weakened Ghana.

• There was no more gold to be mined from the surrounding area.

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the GHANA empire?

Multiple Choice

Which Mali leader conquered Ghana and led Mali to become a powerful empire?

• Ibn Battuta

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

Multiple Choice

What made Mali the most powerful kingdom in Africa?

• The discovery of more gold mines.

• The establishment of the university at Timbuktu.

• Charging taxes for traders to travel through the empire on their way to the gold mines.

• Steady leadership by accomplished rulers.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Timbuktu became a center of trade and learning.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Mansa Musa is considered the third richest man of all time behind Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Mansa Musa gave away a massive amount of gold while on this pilgrimage to Mecca.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

How do we know that Mansa Musa helped bring attention to Africa, specifically Mali, in Europe?

• European mapmaker literally put Mansa Musa on a medieval map.

• African trade goods have been found as far east as China.

• Europeans traveled to Mali gold mines to see the riches for themselvs.

• Stories about Mali showed up in European university libraries.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT a reason for the decline and fall of the Mali Empire?

• There was weak leadership after the death of Mansa Musa.

• Invaders weakened the empire and burned school in Timbuktu.

• The empire had grown to large to control.

• The armies were too weak against the Almoravid invasions.

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the MALI Empire?

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Sunni Ali unified Songhai by encouraging people to work together and by participating in Islam and local religions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the SONGHAI Empire?

Match

WHO did WHAT in Mali?

• Conquered Mali and organized, strengthened, and unified Songhai.

• Under his leadership, Timbuktu and Djenne became centers of learning and commerce.

• Conquered Songhai's salt mines and turned Songhai into a series of military camps.

Sunni Ali

Askia the Great

Moroccan Troops

• Sunni Ali

• Askia the Great

• Moroccan Troops

Match

Match the following:

• Capital of Ghana.

• Capital of Mali.

• Capital of Songhai.

Koumbi

Timbuktu

Gao

• Koumbi

• Timbuktu

• Gao