African Kingdom Historical Snapshot Quiz

The Kingdom of Ghana was located between what two rivers?

• The Yellow River and the Red River

• The Senegal River and the Niger River

• The Port River and the Starside River

• The North River and the West River

What two major resources were equally valued and traded in Ghana?

• Gold and salt

• Salt and silk

• Goats and goat milk

• Camels and iron

What type of items did the people of Ghana make when they discovered iron?

• Wheels for chariots and carts

• Crowns and jewelry

• Boats such as sailboats

• Strong farming tools and weapons such as spearheads and blades

What term do historians call groups of traders that traveled along trade routes in North Africa on camelback?

• Carry casers

• Barbarians

• Saharians

• Caravans

Which religion of the people of Ghana believed that plants, natural objects, and natural phenomena could have a soul?

• Buddhism

• Plantism

• Animism

• Koumbi Saleh

What did Ghana demand from neighboring tribes in exchange for agreeing not to attack?

• A. A tax called paying tribute

• B. A blood oath

• C. They didn't make these types of agreements

• D. A tax called orofinas

When Sundiata overthrew the weakened emperor of Ghana, he increased the territory of his empire to include more what?

• Jungle

• Savanna, or grassland

• Silkworms

• Shorelines

Which product did Sundiata introduce to the people of his expanded empire that helped them stay cool in their hot climate?

• Hemp

• Soy sauce

• Ice

• Cotton

In addition to animism, the people of Mali believed that their leadership could provide food by communicating with who?

• Water spirits

• The Earth's heart

• The people's ancestors

• The Lions

As a result of this belief, what did he have built in Timbuktu?

• A. A university

• B. A statue of a scholar he admired

• C. A huge mosque

• D. None of the above