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- 1. Multiple Choice
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all traded which TWO items?
Gold and fish
Gold and salt
Gold and timber
Gold and bronze
- 2. Multiple Choice
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all developed in which region of Africa?
West Africa
East Africa
North Africa
South Africa
- 3. Multiple Choice
In the Empire of Mali, who was Mali's greatest leader?
Mufusa
Mansa Musa
King Kong
Nelson Mandela
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the most prominent learning center city in the Mali Empire?
New York
Timbuktu
Instanbul
Africa
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the main religion of the Empire of Songhai?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the order of major kingdoms from first to latest?
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
Sahara, Mali, Ghana
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Ghana, Mali, Songhi
- 7. Multiple Choice
Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?
leaders
soldiers
story tellers
children
- 8. Multiple Choice
What brought Islam to West Africa?
War
Trade
Emporers
Crusades
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mali had more territory, more people, and more trade than _______.
Ghana
Songhai
Axum
Zimbabwe
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSlavery in Africa started before the arrival of the ________.EuropeansMuslimsBantusArabs
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat great warrior king , called "Lion Prince" ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?Mansa MusaSunni AliMuhammad ToreSundiata Keita
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe trade of ______ helped the West African empires grow wealthy.gold and silvergold and saltsalt and bronzegold and iron
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAfrican and Muslim cultures blended to form the ____ cultureIslamicSwahiliBantuSonghai
- 14. Multiple Choicean area of high flat landsavannaplateauvalleyplain
- 15. Multiple Choicea group of people extended from the same ancestorclantribegangdhow
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Africa's longest river?the Mississippi Riverthe Nile Riverthe Sahara Riverthe Congo River
- 17. Multiple ChoiceToday, the most widely practiced religion in Africa isChristianity.Igbo.Islam.Judaism.
- 18. Multiple Choicesailboats used by Arab tradersgriotsastrolabsclandhows
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the largest empire in West Africa?GhanaMaliSonghaiZimbabwe
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho was the leader Mali that made a pilgrimage to Mecca?Sunni AliMansa MusaMuhammad TureDahia al-kahina
- 21. Multiple Choicetropical grasslands with small trees and shrubssavannaplateaugriotrainforest
- 22. Multiple Choicelargest hot desert in the worldKalaharithe ArcticAntarticaSahara
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?horsescamelspigssheep
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhere did Mansa Musa make a pilgrimage to with 80,000 people?The Holy LandJerusalemMedinaMecca
- 25. 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
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThis is a map of Africa. What letter marks the location of the Niger River?ABCD
- 27. Multiple Choice
What great civilization arose in southeastern Africa in 1400s?
Axum
Kush
Zimbabwe
Madagascar
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