Unit Test 2

Match the following

• Largest desert in Africa

• Sahara

• An important center of trade

• Killimanjaro

• A sea north of Africa

• Mediterranean

• Tallest mountain in Africa

• Timbuktu

• The longest river in the world

• The Nile

Ghana was rich because

• They did lots of trading

• They had gold mines

• They charged taxes

• all of the above

Why did Ghana need salt?

• Because it cost gold

• They wanted seasoning

• Because they were trading for it

• To stop their food from going bad

How did people transport salt?

• In a bag

• In a box

• As a block

• In a jar

How did Ghana fall?

• Invasion by the Susu People

• Attacks from Europe

• Attacks from lots of different people

• Lack of money

Mansa Musa was

• King of Ghana

• King of Mali

• King of Songhai

• All of the above

Mansa Musa went to Mecca because

• He wanted to conquer it

• He wanted to show off how wealthy he was

• He was a Muslim

• He wanted a vacation

Sundiata assigned families

• Houses

• Jobs

• Land

• Slaves

Ali Kolon was a

• Prince

• Prisoner

• Military leader

• All of the above

The Tomb of Askia Muhammad is

• The largest monument in West Africa

• A fortress

• A palace

• Not something we talked about