Unit 3 Review

What is the best title for this list?

• Ghana

• Songhai

• Mali

• Trading Cities of the Sahara

• Tribes Who Ruled the Desert

• Early Kingdoms of West Africa

• Animal Gods of the Niger Valley

How did the Niger River encourage trade?

• It was a source of food.

• It was a transportation route.

• Its annual floods provided rich soil.

• It provided water for baking.

Archaeologists have found remains of high walls around one ancient West African community. What does this suggest about it?

• The inhabitants made metal tools.

• The inhabitants had too little water.

• The inhabitants faced a threat of attacks.

• The inhabitants did not need to grow crops.

4. What belongs in the empty box?

• City rulers conquer other cities.

• Kings demand payment of tribute.

• Villages unite for protection.

• Extended-families choose a leader.

Which of these was an advantage of becoming part of an empire?

• paying tribute to the king

• trading with the governor

• having to serve in the army

• getting protection from raiders

Which product of West Africa was most important in the trade across the Sahara?

• oil

• timber

• gold

• clothing

How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana?

• from writings of Arab scholars

• from wood carvings in the forest

• from royal tax collection records

• from paintings on salt mine walls

Early travelers described Ghana as a land of

• oases

• taxes

• gold

• wonder

How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?

• by mining salt

• by selling gold

• by taxing goods

• by buying camels

10. This diagram shows family members’ relationships to the king. Based on Ghana’s matrilineal system, who would rule next after the present king dies?

• Sister (1)

• Nephew (2)

• Daughter (3)

• Son (4)