Early African Civilizations

1. How many different climate regions make up the area surrounding the Niger River?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

1. What are some of Africa's major resources?

• 1. minerals, land, and gold

• 1. iron, land, and gold

• 1. iron, minerals, and gold

1. What did the kinship system started with, which included a father, mother, children and close family?

• a patrilineal

• a matrilineal

• an extended family

1. Ghana lay between the vast Sahara Desert and deep forrests making it a good position to trade in the region's most valuable resources. What were these resources?

• cloth and gold

• gold and salt

• iron and gold

What were taxes, tributes and gold all forms of for Ghana?

• income

• wealth

• resources

5. What three major factors contributed to the decline of Ghana?

• 0. Greed, Invasion, and Overgrazing

• 0. Internal Rebellion, Invasion, and Overgrazing

• Invasion, Overgrazing, and Illness

7. According to legend, Mali's rise to power began under a ruler named

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

7. Songhai's growth was largely the work of one man who became the ruler of Songhai in 1464.

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

7. Many African societies were also famous for the cloth they wove such as ___________, a hand-woven, brightly colored fabric.

• lace

• silk

• kente

7. What new form of Christianity in Africa that blended local African cultures with Christian teachings?

• Catholic Christianity

• Coptic Christianity

• Lalibea Christianity