WH Unit 1 pt3

Which would be the best example of cultural diffusion resulting from Ghana's trade relationship with the Middle East?

• Gold and salt were traded for textiles and cloth.

• Traders faced difficulties crossing the Sahara desert.

• Warfare resulted between Ghana and the Muslim kingdoms.

• Islam became the dominant religion in the empire.

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network?

• Silk Roads

• Trans-Saharan

• 
  Trans-Atlantic

• Mediterranean Route

From the 1000s CE through the 1400s CE, which of these goods would have been LEAST likely to have traveled out of western Africa towards the east along the trans-Saharan trade route?

• gold

• salt

• silver

• enslaved people

Francine is giving a report about the traditional art of Ghana. She is describing Ghana by discussing its

• culture

• religion

• society

• government

Mansa Musa, the 14th Century leader of Mali, was known for

• becoming the first Christian African ruler.

• 
  being a devout and powerful Muslim ruler.

• 
  being the last ruler of Mali.

• becoming a Buddhist monk.

What kingdom conquered the Mali Empire, built the cities of Timbuktu and Gao, and is considered the largest and most powerful of the ancient African kingdoms?

• Askiya

• Dendi

• Ghana

• Songhai

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 was significant because

• it introduced Islam into West Africa for the first time.

• it demonstrated the tremendous wealth of the Mali empire.

• it was the first encounter that Europeans had with an African ruler.

• Mansa Musa traveled all over Africa and Asian serving as an Islamic judge.

During the Songhai Empire, the Songhai people settled along Niger River MAINLY because the river

• gave them fresh water to irrigate crops.

• • 
    gave them access to the North Atlantic Ocean.

    gave them access to the North Atlantic Ocean.

• was a place where people could mine for gold.

• enabled them to easily transport goods to trade.

Which statement about the Mali and Songhai empires of the 1300s CE is TRUE?

• They were both Muslim Empires.

• They were both Christian Empires.

• They were isolated from international trade.

• They were located on the West Coast of Africa.

Historically, west African families could BEST be described as

• based on wealth.

• extended families.

• 
  being created in the 1500s.

• not important to their culture.