chapter 4 quiz

What is one way to describe the geographic features of West Africa?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mostly desert

• mostly water

• rural areas

What is another way to describe the geographic features of West Africa?

• Major cities along the Niger River.

• Major cities along the Nile River

• mostly ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

How did geography influence the physical location of Djenne and Timbuktu?

• People who controlled the river had factories

• People who controlled the river had the power

• Cities developed where trade caravans stopped along the Niger River.

• These cities don't exist.

What is another way geography influenced the physical location of Djenne and Timbuktu?

• People harnessed water power as a resource to run factories.

• People controlled the river-they had the most power.

• People traded with others who lived in the same area.

• People who lived in the desert needed to trade with outside areas to live.

What desert is a major landform in West Africa?

• The Sahara

• Gobi

• The Basin

• There is not a desert in West Africa.

This religion played a central role in the lives of most West African people.

• no religion

• Indigenous Religion

• Christianity

• Islam

____ was introduced by the Trans-Saharan Caravan trade around 700 C.E.

• church

• Indigenous religion

• Islam

• Christianity

________ was introduced even earlier, but didn't spread much until European nations colonized Africa.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Indigenous Religion

• the Pope

What role did Griots play in Ghana?

• They served as soldiers in the kingdom.

• They spread Christianity.

• They passed down cultural traditions, histories, and stories

• They managed the gold trade.

This item uses patterns to tell specific stories, histories, and values.

• Kente Cloth

• sculptures

• oral traditions

• drumming