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- 1. Multiple Choice
The image above illustrates Trans-Saharan trade. What made this trade so important?Required merchants to cross the Saharan DesertTrade of gold and salt made Arabs and Africans wealthyWithout this trade, merchants would have nothing to sellTrans Saharan trade began the Slave trade - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe city of Timbuktu was important because...It was located on the Niger RiverIt was the trading center for cloth and copperIt was located near the Atlantic OceanIt was the trading center for gold and salt
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe buildings pictured in the Catalan Atlas may represent "mosques". What is a mosque?Christian place of worshipMuslim place of worshipJewish place of worshipBuddhist place of worship
- 4. Multiple ChoiceMansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars. But his greatest impact was that he...He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West AfricaHe controlled the gold and salt tradeHe made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealthHe was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best definition of Trans Saharan trade?Trade through the Saharan DesertTrade below the Saharan DesertTrade around the Saharan DesertTrade above the Saharan Desert
- 6. Multiple Choice
first West African Empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade.
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Griots
- 7. Multiple Choice
second West African empire that prospered from gold-salt trade. After converting to Islam, became a center of Muslim culture.
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Griots
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which would be the best example of cultural diffusion resulting from Ghana's trade relationship with the Middle East?
Gold and salt were traded for textiles and cloth
Traders faced difficulties crossing the Sahara desert
Warfare resulted between Ghanna and the Muslim kingdoms
Islam quickly became the dominant religion in the empire.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The BEST explanation for how Islam spread in sub-Saharan Africa is
marriage
monasticism
trade
warfare
- 10. Multiple Choice
In African history, the main purpose of a "griot" was to
store grain and food
convert people to Christianity
channel water into areas needing irrigation
tell stories and keep alive the history of the people
- 11. Multiple Choice
Throughout most of early African history, events in the past were most often kept in peoples' memory by
oral tradition
written histories
building pyramids
elaborate cave paintings
- 12. Multiple Choice
A ___ was storyteller in Africa who would be responsible for passing down the history of society orally.
anasi
griot
mansa
quanat
- 13. Multiple Choice
· Belief in a Supreme Being· Oral traditions rather than written scripture· Approximately 70 million followers today
the Olmecs
Christianity
Islamic fundamentalism
traditional African beliefs
- 14. Multiple Choice
Manusa Musa gained an enormous amount of notoriety (fame) because of his
golden throne
1324 pilgrimage to Mecca
invasion of France in 732
cannibalism of European merchants
- 15. Multiple Choice
wise sayings that are quick ways of sharing wisdom
Griots
Folk Tale
Kinship
Proverbs
- 16. Multiple Choice
The traditional religion of Animism believes
objects in nature have souls
in worship of animals
all animals go to heaven
in the Eight-fold Path of Islam
- 17. Multiple Choice
Ancient West Africans performed religious rituals and honored their
ancestors
diversity
future
own strength
- 18. Multiple Choice
The 3 kingdoms that were a part of the gold-salt trade?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Ghana, Songhai, and Persia
Ghana, Mali, and Timbuktu
Ghana, Songhai, and Rome
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhy was salt such an important trade good in West Africa?West Africans gave salt to their animals.West Africans used it to preserve food.Salt was used in the animist religious rituals.It was used by families as a cleansing agent,
- 20. Multiple Choice
What geographic feature in northern Africa limited Western African civilizations contact with Europe and Asia?
Niger River
Nile River
Sahara Desert
Senegal River
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis is the region and broad name for the people that live in the middle and south of AfricaSub-SaharanUnder-SaharanNegative-SaharanAnti-Saharan
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