Lesson 31

The Sahara is a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it?

• Ironing

• Smelting

• Cooking

• I don't know

In 4000 B.C.E., some people had settled to farm south of the Sahara forming villages.

How many people were in that village?

• 50-100

• 300-400

• 100 to 200

• I don't know

Many scholars believe that ironmaking came to Africa by what people? 1500 BCE

• Noks

• Hittites

• Scribes

• I don't know

The Nok would use stone, or the melting of ore, to create iron tools.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Archaeologists believe that the city of Jenne-jeno existed for more than _______ years.

• 500

• 1000

• 1600

• I don't know

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were all trading powers that ruled over large areas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What did rulers collect from the people they conquered?

• Tribute

• Paper

• Food

• I don't know

As a king conquered more territory, what did the kingdom become?

• A town

• An Empire

• A city

• I don't know

• What is the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times?

• Niger River

• Sahel

• Savanna

• I don't know