PFA #2 Vocabulary Quiz 7th Grade

1. Africa south of the Sahara

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Niger River

2. Aided agriculture and trade for the medieval empire of Mali

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Niger River

3. A semiarid region in Africa just south of the Sahara that separates the desert from wetter areas

• Sahel
• Savannah

4. An open grassland with scattered trees

• Sahel
• Savannah

5. Both of the Empires of Mali and Ghana traded _______ which was mostly mined in the Sahara Desert and was about as valuable as gold

• Salt
• Gold

6. Both of the Empires of Mali and Ghana traded _______ which was a precious metal and at the time as valuable as Salt

• Salt
• Gold

7. Most powerful trading west African empire, which was formed when a number of Soninke tribes were unified under a king

• Ghana Empire
• Mali Empire

8. Islamic Empire that took over the Ghana Empire

• Ghana Empire
• Mali Empire

9. Leader that began and grew the kingdom of Mali in the thirteenth century

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa

10. The leader who introduced the religion of Islam to Mali

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa