African Kingdoms & Mongols 2023/2024

How did early Africans record their history?

• orally

• wrote books

• with hieroglyphs

What did Sundiata do?

• Conquer Ghana and start Mali's empire

• Conquer Zimbabwe and start Mombasa

• Begin the Berber Dynasty

• Make the first salt-gold trip across the Sahara

Which city did Mansa Musa visit for his hajj?

• Medina

• Mecca

• Cairo

• Damascus

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all traded which TWO items?

• Gold and fish
• Gold and salt
• Gold and timber
• Gold and bronze

The Mali Empire replaced the ___________ Empire.

• Songhai

• Ghana

• Aksum

• Benin

How did Mansa Musa gain his wealth?

• Taxing the gold-salt trade

• Through war and conquest

• Generational wealth passed down to him

• Saving money over the years

List the West African Kingdoms in the correct chronological order starting with the earliest and ending with the latest.

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana 
• Ghana, Mali,  Songhai
• Songhai, Mali,  Ghana
• Axum, Mali, Zimbabwe

What happened when Mansa Musa traveled to Mecca?

• He passed out gold to the poor which caused inflation.

• He killed a lot of people.

• The gave a lot of salt away.

• He destroyed the major cities.

What happened to the Mali Empire after Mansa Musa returned from his hajj?

• The Mali Empire was attacked and conquered by Songhai Empire

• Mansa Musa hired architects to build mosques, libraries, and universities

• Mansa Musa forced the citizens to convert to Islam

• Mansa Musa passed away upon his return and was replaced by his son

Timbuktu was known as:

• The capital of the Byzantine Empire

• A center of Islamic trade and learning

• A major trading city on the Nile River

• A colony of Italy