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- 1. Multiple Choice1. Ghana’s ___________________ made it the center of an enormous trading empire.grasslandsiron oregoldsugar
- 2. Multiple Choice1. Muslim ____________________ became a part of African culture.languagereligionarchitecturereligion & architecture
- 3. Multiple Choice1. How did Islam influence Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?governmentarchitectureeducationall of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice1. The city of Timbuktu was known asA. The largest city in the world.A. The most beautiful city in Africa.A. The center of learning and trade.A. A bustling seaport.
- 5. Multiple Choice1. What are griots?grasslandsstorytellerstax collectorssailboat used by the Arabs
- 6. Multiple Choice1. What religion had a great effect on the kingdoms of Mali & Songhai?ChristianityIslamBuddhismHinduism
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat river helped the traders in Mali transport their goods?Nile RiverYangtze RiverRiver ThamesNiger River
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis Muslim leader in Mali started to spread Islam through west Africa:SundiataMansa MusaAskia the GreatMuhammad Ture
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following factors is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa?It had extremely productive agricultureIt controlled the gold and salt trade in that regionIt traded extensively with European countriesIt was the first African empire to industrialize
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe people of West Africa preserved the record of their past through the use oforal historiescuneiform writingsstories written on scrollshieroglyphics
- 11. Multiple ChoiceMansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire from 1312 – 1337. What was 1 effect of his rule?The empire moved to South Africa.The poor became more powerful.Democracy was started in his kingdom.Islamic religion spread in the region
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIslamic scholars are credited with inventing which type of math?GeometryCalculusTrigonometryAlgebra
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What is the name of the huge desert that covers northern Africa?SaharaArabianGobiKalahari - 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all have in common?strong rulers, great trading empires and from same areaall in Africa, traded some things, weak rulersall spoke Arabic, practiced Islam and had same climateshared their resources, had same climate and strong rulers
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow was a community's history typically passed along in Africa?paintingmusic/storytellingwritten wordthey didn't have history
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, & Songhai prospered primarily due to theirexchanges with Indian portsdirect access to the Arabian Seacontrol of trade routesabundance of diamonds
- 17. Multiple ChoiceSunni Ali was a great warrior that built a powerful army to break away from Mali and form which West African empire?SonghaiGhanaEgyptMali
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the language of religion and learning in West Africa?LatinArabicSwahiliSenegalese
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat are important parts of West African cultures?Oral TraditionsMusicVisual ArtsAll of the Above
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat brought Islam to West Africa?WarTradeEmporersCrusades
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order of the rise and fall of the 3 great west African empires? The country on the left is the first to rise and the country on the right is the last to rise.Ghana, Songhai, and MaliSonghai, Ghana, and MaliMali, Ghana, and SonghaiGhana, Mali, and Songhai
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the 3 largest West African Empires?Songhai, Mali, and NigeriaMali, Songhai, and GhanaGhana, Songhai, and BachweziAksum, Ghana, Mali
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following factors increased trans-Saharan trade?The introduction of camels and copperThe population increase and goldThe growth of cities and camelsThe discovery of salt and introduction of camels
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the two main rivers in West Africa?Niger and NileNile and SenegalNiger and SenegalSenegal and Zambezi
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following countries is part of modern day West Africa?TanzaniaLiberiaSudanZimbabwe
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