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- 1. Multiple Choice
Mali's most famous ruler
Mali
Mansa Musa
Songhai
Ghana
- 2. Multiple Choice
A short saying of wisdom or truth
animism
oral history
proverb
Sininke
- 3. Multiple Choice
Some of the earliest people in West Africa
Mali
Ghana
Mali
Soninke
- 4. Multiple Choice
A spoken record of past events
animism
proverb
mansa
oral history
- 5. Multiple Choice
Empire that began its rise to power under Sundiata
Soninke
Mali
Songhai
Ghana
- 6. Multiple Choice
Belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
animism
oral history
proverb
mansa
- 7. Multiple Choice
Empire whose capital was Gao
Mali
Soninke
Songhai
Ghana
- 8. Multiple Choice
Kingdom that gained control of West Africa's trade routes by AD 800.
Ghana
Songhai
Soninke
Mali
- 9. Multiple Choice
How did Ghana's kings govern such a large empire?
All citizens went to special schools to learn how to be good citizens.
They delegated power to governors, who then answered only to the king.
They allowed people in other territories to choose their own leaders.
They used the army to maintain order and police the people.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a way Mansa Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali?
He stressed the importance of reading and writing in Arabic, the language of the Qur'an.
He hired artists and architects to build mosques in Mali.
He outlawed all religions except Islam.
He sent scholars to study in Morocco and then to set up schools in Mali.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which city that was once the center of the Mali Empire became the center of the Songhai Empire?
Gao
Mecca
Timbuktu
Djenne
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which activity would both men and women do in a West African village?
hunting
farming
collecting firewood
caring for children
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who were the mansas?
merchants from territories north of the Sahara Desert
a group of elders who counseled Sundiata on important issues
local leaders who held both political and religious roles in Malian society
a group of rebels who fought Sundiata for control of the empire
- 14. Multiple Choice
People south of the Sahara traded their gold for
food.
salt.
copper.
slaves.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The traditional religious practice of West Africans was centered on the belief that
there was only one god.
the spirits of ancestors stayed nearby.
rituals were very important.
each person lived several lives.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Many of the West African epics can be read
in the Qur'an
on the walls of mosques in Timbuktu.
in the great library in Mecca.
in the Dausi and the Sundiata.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who were the Almoravids?
a group of sea-traveling people from the coast of southern Africa
merchants from the north who controlled the salt trade
Muslims who attacked Ghana and cut off trade routes
Christians from southern Europe who joined forces with Ghana.
- 18. Multiple Choice
African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called
Almoravids.
kente.
Dausi.
griots.
- 19. Multiple Choice
For special occasions, West African kings and queens wore garments made of
silk.
kente.
cotton.
animal skins.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How did Ghana's location help the kingdom become wealthy?
It controlled all of Africa's diamond mines.
It was located on a natural harbor where trade ships docked.
It included huge deposits of iron ore.
It lay between the desert and the forest at a trading crossroads.
- 21. Multiple Choice
What geographical feature was most important to people living in West Africa?
Sahara
Niger River
Savannah
Atlas Mountains
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