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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who introduced the camel to North Africa?
Berbers
Romans
Kush
Timbuktu
- 2. Multiple Choice
What made Ghana the first great trading empire West Africa?
they had market on salt and gold
they had weapons made of iron
they had a well-trained army
all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the world's largest desert?
Kalahari
Sienna
Gobi
Sahara
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the largest trading center in West Africa?(NOT EDUCATION CENTER)
Timbuktu
Dakar
Nairobi
Djenne
- 5. Multiple Choice
African storytellers were called
griots
scribes
diviners
audiologists
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is an area of high, flat land ?
plain
plateau
savanna
swamp
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was the king whose death weakened the Kingdom of Mali?
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Ahmed Akbar
- 8. Multiple Choice
Name the four geographic zones of Africa
desert, mediterranean, grasslands, tundra
grasslands, desert, mediterranean, rainforest
grasslands, desert, savanna, mediterranean
mediterranean, grasslands, tundra, savanna
- 9. Multiple Choice
What animals did Berbers first use to cross the Sahara?
donkeys
cows
emus
elephants
- 10. Multiple Choice
What are tropical grasslands dotted with trees and shrubs?
plateau
valley
savanna
plain
- 11. Multiple Choice
What two resources were most important in West Africa?
camel and donkey
salt and pepper
gold and silver
gold and salt
- 12. Multiple Choice
What great warrior king, the founder of Mali, called "Lion Prince", ruled Mali from 1230-1255?
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
Timbuktu
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which African zone produces a surplus of crops?
rain forests
savannas
the Mediterranean
the Sahel
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the African kingdom that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea?
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Aksum
- 15. Multiple Choice
What were the sailboats used by Arab traders called? (It rhymes with those who provide milk)
griots
dhows
bantus
bobans
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who became ruler of Songhai in 1446?
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunny Ali
King Ezana
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who conquered the Kush and made Christianity the official religion of Aksum? (This is lesson 3)
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunny Ali
King Ezana
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