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- 1. Multiple Choice
Songhai leader who built the largest empire in West Africa
dhow
plateau
Bantu
Sunni Ali
- 2. Multiple Choice
A storyteller
dhow
plateau
Bantu
Sunni Ali
griot
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which North African people found a way across the Sahara and began trade with West Africa?
Bantu
Sunni Ali
Berbers
Mali
- 4. Multiple Choice
A belief of animism is that
after death the soul is reborn in another human form
holy wars must be fought to gain entry into heaven
meditation leads followers to nirvana
spirits of nature inhibit all living and nonliving objects
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which factor contributed to Mali becoming a wealthy kingdom?
enforcement of mercantilist policies
alliance with the Christian Crusaders
control of the Mediterranean trade routes
dominance of the gold and salt trade
- 6. Multiple Choice
What question is an opinion rather than a fact?
Mansa Musa made a Pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mali would have flourished without Mansa Musa's influence.
Mali's economy was based on the gold and salt trade.
Timbuktu became a center for Islamic learning
- 7. Multiple Choice
In what general direction did the Bantu migration routes travel ?
southeast
southwest
northwest
northeast
- 8. Multiple Choice
What made the East African coast a center of world trade?
valuable trade items such as silk and glass
Its location on the Indian Ocean
large cities with walls for protection
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was significant because it
brought Mali's great wealth to the attention of other kingdoms and Europe
caused the price of gold to rise
brought great riches to the people of Mali
introduced camels to Arabia and Europe
- 10. Multiple Choice
___________________ are grassland that have small trees and shrubs.
Sahara Desert
Rain forest
Savanna
Ethiopian Highlands
- 11. Multiple Choice
_______________________ were useful for desert travel. They were often referred to as "ships of the desert"
horses
donkeys
camels
elephants
- 12. Multiple ChoiceGhana, Mali, and Songhai all developed in which region of Africa?West AfricaEast AfricaNorth AfricaSouth Africa
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main religion of the Empire of Songhai?ChristianityBuddhismHinduismIslam
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat brought Islam to West Africa?WarTradeEmporersCrusades
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAfrican and Muslim cultures blended to form the ____ cultureIslamicSwahiliBantuSonghai
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?goldsliversalt
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAksum was very well located forinvasiontradefloodingmining diamonds
- 18. Multiple ChoiceKing Ezana is one of the few African kings to convert toIslamPolytheismChristianityBuddism
- 19. Multiple Choice
The civilization of Great Zimbabwe grew wealthy by
monsoon winds
acting as a middle man for trade
abundant gold resources
being really good at rock, paper, scissors
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a significant effect of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca?Islamic learning and culture expanded in MaliThe African written language spread to southwest Asia
- 21. Multiple ChoiceMuch of the wealth of the West African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali was gained from thetaxation on goods brought by Indian merchantscontrol of the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?commercial and cultural center of West Africamajor urban and industrial center on the Silk Road
- 23. Multiple Choice•Timbuktu is known as a great center of learning and trade.
•Walls of Great Zimbabwe reveal a powerful and rich society.
•Complex culture produces brass sculptures in Benin.
What generalization can be made on the basis of these statements?North African societies were more advanced than South African societiesSome African societies achieved a high level of economic and cultural development - 24. Multiple Choice
a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.
nuclear family
extended family
alternative family
modern family
- 25. Multiple Choice
the part of Africa below the Sahara Desert
sub-Saharan Africa
North Africa
Egypt
Mediterranean world
- 26. Multiple Choice
Why is salt important?
to prevent people from getting dehydrated
to stop people from getting sick
to make people run faster
salt is not important
- 27. Multiple Choice
Founder of the Mali Empire. He's known as the "Lion King"
Sundiata
Sunni Ali
Askia Muhammad
Mansa Musa
- 28. Multiple Choice
What region is represented by the darker shaded region?
Mountain
Savannah
Rainforest
Sahara
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Timbuktu famous for?Libraries and hospitals.Being really far away.Its high mountains.Universities and Libraries.
- 30. Multiple Choice
West Africa's earliest known culture; known to smelt iron and fashioned iron into tools and weapons.
Nok
Berbers
Muslim Traders
Swahili
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