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Mansa Musa, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
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What did Mansa Musa build at Timbuktu?
The Statue of Liberty
Buckingham Palace
The Great Wall of China
The Great Mosque
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Looking at your map, which river is near Timbuktu?
Congo
Zambezi
Niger
Nile
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The Almoravids brought _______________ to the region.
Confucious
Islam
Buddha
Christianithy
4
Where was Mali?
Europe
West Africa
India
East Africa
5
A Griot is
A storyteller
A religious leader
A tax collector
The Pope
6
West
Africa had an abundance (a lot of) which natural resource?
Copper
Gold
Pepper
Salt
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What is a Griot?
A type of rare fruit that grows only in West Africa.
A type of drum used in West African drum circles.
A traditional Oral Historian in West Africa
A geometric design used in West Africa
8
Which traditional African religion is most likely associated with this mask?
Animism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
9
What does patrilineal mean?
through the mother's bloodline
through the father's bloodline
a complex CoSine Line on a map
a St. Patrick day tradition
10
Ghana fell because of...
a weak king
a loss of resources, especially vegetation due to overgrazing.
a failing economy
an increase in corruption
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Location of the University of Sankore
Timbuktu
Koumbi Saleh
Gao
Djenne
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What did Mansa Musa pass out on his pilgrimage to Mecca?
Silver
Gold
Expensive Oils
Ivory
13
Which letter on the map represents the city of Timbuktu?
D
B
C
A
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What is a griot?
A scientist
A sculptor
A painter
A verbal artist
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Timbuktu and Djenne were
Centers of Learning and Centers of Trade
Castles
Roman Forts
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Gulf of Guinea
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14
8
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North
Africa had an abundance (a lot of) which natural resource?
Pepper
Salt
Copper
Gold
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Who is Sundiata?
Founder of the Empire of Ghana
Founder of the Empire of Mali
Founder of the empire of Nigeria
None of the above
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The spread of Islam into West Africa is known as cultural diffusion.
True
False
20
When was Mali an empire?
9th through the 13th centuries
17th through the 19th centuries
13th through the 15th centuries
14th through the 17th centuries
21
What language spread rapidly through Africa because of trade routes?
Hindi
Arabic
Japanese
English
22
Who was Sunni Ali?
He was the ruler of Mali.
He was a poor ruler of the Songhai.
He was an important ruler of the Songhai.
He was a soldier.
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Which letter represents the Sahara Desert?
C
O
D
H
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Which letter on the map represents the city of Djenne?
B
A
C
D
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What religion spread rapidly through Africa because of trade routes?
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Indigenous religions
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All of the following are reasons Mali fell
EXCEPT:
Weak leaders
Gold was no longer valuable
The large size of the empire
Invasions
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Gold was traded for what during the Ghana Empire
Silk
Camels
Salt
Meat
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Why were
griots
honored in West Africa?
They made money off of the griots
They led the empires
They helped keep past customs and history alive
They could help predict the future
29
______________________ were some of the earliest people in West Africa.
Sunni
Songhai
Sunnah
Sonnike
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What does matrilineal mean?
through the father's bloodline.
through the mother's bloodline.
a mature line on a graph
a straight line of mats.
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When was Songhai an empire?
14th through the 17th centuries
13th through the 15th centuries
17th through the 19th centuries
9th through the 13th centuries
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Who was Askia the Great?
Songhai ruler
Ghana ruler
Mali ruler
Egyptian ruler
33
Mansa Musa spread Islam by all of the following EXCEPT
Building schools to study the Qur'an
Going on the Hajj
Forcing everyone into converting
Building mosques
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Mansa Musa kept power by
Acting as dictator and having complete power
building mosques and schools for his people
Killing people who opposed him
Letting people do what they wanted
35
What ocean lies west of Africa?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
36
Mansa Musa was knowledgeable in what language?
Latin
English
Greek
Arabic
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What is a griot?
It is another name for a drummer, who teaches music.
It is a person who tells stories through generations by an oral tradition.
local religious leader in the West African country of Mali
It is a specific type of song, that is taught through an oral tradition.
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Who was Mansa Musa?
An Islamic messenger
A priest
Emperor of Ghana
Emperor of Mali
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How did songhai fall
the empire was in need of a king.
Moroccans with Firearms took their mines, turned Songhai into camps
It was impossible to grow crops.
Economy was getting bad.
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What is the big reason why cities grew in West Africa?
Great farmland
Trade with others
Lots of resources
They didn't grow
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Much of West African traditional stories were passed down through the use of:
Scrolls
Oral Histories
Mailing Lists
Quipus
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When was Ghana an empire?
14th through the 17th centuries
9th through the 13th centuries
13th through the 15th centuries
17th through the 19th centuries
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what is a caravan?
a port city that engages in trading
a group of merchants and camels crossing the desert
a north African family of nomads
a clan of people living in the mountains
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The indigenous religions of West Africa were polytheistic.
True
False
