Kingdoms of West Africa

Africa's savannas

• cover only 10% of the land

• are good for raising herds of animals

• are good for growing yams

• are cool and rainy

The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of

• food

• leather

• ivory

• water

What great warrior king, called “Lion Prince,” ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Timbuktu

This African zone produces a surplus of crops.

• rain forests

• savannas

• Mediterranean

• desert

The great trading center of Zimbabwe reached from south of the Zambezi River to the

• Indian Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Niger River

• Nile River

Who are storytellers?

• Axum

• Niger

• Mansa Musa

• Griots

What is an area of high flat land?

• mountain range

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• plateau

• river basin

Who doubled the size of Mali?

• camels

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

Which kingdom owes its power to its location on the Red Sea?

• Mali

• Songhai

• Ghana

• Axum

Which river supported trade in West Africa?

• Nile

• Zambezi

• Niger

• Congo