African Civilizations

Ghana was founded by what group of people?

• Soninke

• Axum

• Egypt

• none of the answers

Ghana grew as an empire because they had

• bamboo armor

• superior weapons

• no leaders

• all of the answers

The trade route that was most popular in West Africa was called:

• The Silk Road

• Axum-Persian Trade Route

• Trans-Saharan trade route

• none of the answers

The most popular trade items on the Trans-Saharan Trade route were

• gold and salt

• camels and silk

• iron and spices

• cotton and silk

The richest man in history was named

• Bill Gates

• Mansa Musa

• Alexander the Great

• King Tut

Which of the following is the name of a West African Empire

• Ghana

• Songhai

• Mali

• All of the answers

Which African nation was taken over by Ancient Egypt many times?

• Mali

• Kush/Nubia

• Somalia

• none of the answers

What is one similarity the Kush and Egyptians had?

• the both believed in the afterlife

• they liked each other

• they were both Muslim nations

• none of the answers

This nation took over Kush/Nubia after Rome controlled Egypt

• Songhai

• Saudi Arabia

• Axum

• all of the answers

This was the major religion of Ethiopia

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Islam