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Review game for quiz over Medieval Africa for 7th graders.
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1
This city was known as the center of trade in West Africa...
Mecca
Alexandria
Timbuktu
Tunis
2
What formed the basis of African society?
villages
immediate family
extended family
children
3
This African empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and later ruled by Mansa Musa.
Ghana
Kanem-Bornu
Songhai
Mali
4
Which of the following DOES NOT describe Mansa Musa?
He started libraries with Islamic literature.
He brought Islamic scholars to Mali.
He was a famous ruler of Mali.
He was a weak ruler.
5
This empire was led by Sunni Ali and was the largest empire in Africa.
Kanem-Bornu
Mali
Ghana
Songhai
6
This African empire was the first to be based on the wealth gained from trading gold and salt.
Mali
Ghana
Kanem-Bornu
Songhai
7
As the Mali Empire traded with Berbers and Arabs, they also exchanged cultures and ideas.
True
False
8
In the kingdom of Ghana, when a king died who inherited the throne?
his brother's son
his son
his sister's son
his oldest child
9
Who educated children in the African Village? Choose two.
School Teachers
the Family
Mrs. Hodge
Griots
10
As Islam spread in Africa it blended with East African traditions and is now known as...
the Berbers
Swahili
Afrislam
African Diaspora
11
This great African leader took a hajj to Mecca and spend lots of gold on his way there.
Sundiata Keita
Nzinga
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
12
Travel across this desert was once called the "Death Road"
Sahara Desert
Kalahari Desert
Congo Desert
Namib Desert
13
The African continent lies on a...
Riverbed
Plateau
Lake Bottom
Valley
14
Which of the following DOES NOT describe the African Slave trade?
Africans enslaved their enemies and traded them for goods.
The slave trade increased as Africa’s contact with Muslims grew.
Most enslaved people were taken to Portugal.
Some Africans assisted the Europeans in the capture of slaves.
15
This East African kingdom on the Red Sea was an important stop on the trade route linking Africa to the Mediterranean
Mali
Axum
Benin
Ghana
16
Africa is the...
largest country
2nd largest country
largest continent
second largest continent
17
Which of the following DOES NOT describe Askia Muhammad?
He defeated the Moroccans
He created the largest West African kingdom.
He started a university that taught the Quran.
He ordered courts to follow Muslim laws.
18
What two items were the most important to early African trade?
Gold & Copper
Gold & Salt
Iron & Salt
Bronze & Salt
19
The Portuguese enslaved Africans to produce what crop?
cacao for chocolate
oranges
coffee
sugarcane
20
Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.
True
False
21
This animal changed how goods were transported across the desert.
camels
mules
horses
bunnies
22
Many African religions believed that this helped spirits of their ancestors express themselves
Trade
Dance
Drums
Cave paintings
23
What was a shared religious belief among many African societies?
Monotheism
Belief in a single creator God
Everything in nature has a spirit.
Belief in one God
24
Story tellers who would pass on their people's history and culture through oral tradition.
authors
proverbs
Berbers
griots
25
Whom did the kings of Mali put in charge of provinces?
Generals
Senators
Lesser Kings
Advisors
26
This great African leader fought Portuguese slavers for more than 30 years to save her people.
Dahia al-Kahina
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Nzinga
27
This great African leader was known as the "lion prince" who took over Ghana
Nzinga
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
28
Arab traders developed these to make travel across the sea to Africa easier...
caravans
canoes
dhows
backpacks
29
Where did archaeologists find the oldest known human remains?
Great Rift Valley
Sahara Desert
America!
Congo River Basin
30
The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa.
True
False
31
Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia.
False
True
32
How were the rulers of the early West African empires able to control the trans-Saharan trade? Multiple answers.
They taxed products coming into and out of the empire.
They held all the gold in a vault
They had large armies to protect traders and stop invaders.
They treated trades and merchants with respect.
33
Who's arrival changed the nature of slavery in Africa
The Portuguese
The Germans
the Dutch
The French
34
What is a clan?
People who trace their lineage through the mother.
A group of people that like dogs.
People from Ghana
A group of people people descended from the same ancestor.
35
Ghana was an important trade center situated between salt mines and gold mines.
True
False
