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1
The three great West African Empires grew rich from controlling the ________ & _________ trade.
Gold and Salt
Gold and Salsa
Gold and Seasoning
Salt and Glitter
2
What was one negative effect of Mansa Musa's Journey?
Americans came looking for wealth & took over all of Africa.
Europeans came looking for wealth & took over all of Africa.
He found another gold mine in Mecca
Mansa Musa made Timbuktu a center of learning and knowledge.
3
What belief system did Africans practice during the Middle Ages?
Christianity
Animism
Buddhism
Humanism
4
West African kings did not force their people to convert to islam, but did enforce strict laws...
based on the Bible
based on the Qur'an and Torah
based on the Torah
based on the Qur'an and Sunnah
5
What cities in West Africa were known as great centers of learning and knowledge.
New England and Los Angeles
Timbuktu and Egypt
Timbuktu and Mecca
Timbuktu and Jenne
6
The exchange of goods across the Sahara desert is known as what?
Trans-Saharan Trade
Trans-Arabic Trade
Trans-Egyptian Trade
Trans-Atlantic Trade
7
the Griot was important to West African society. Which one is
NOT
a responsibility of a Griot?
Told folk tales.
Remembered family and tribal histories,
Teaching students how to read and write
Told epic stories
8
how did Mansa Musa transform the city of Timbuktu into a center of learning and Knowledge?
He brought back scholars and artists to Timbuktu
He brought back money to Timbuktu
He built new homes for everybody in Timbuktu
He built a Colosseum for sporting events
9
The epic stories and folk tales told by West African griots were meant to be ...
used for educational purposes only
entertaining and educational.
used as entertainment only
used as bed time stories to make kids go to sleep.
10
Muslim traders influenced the West Africans by teaching them the Arabic systems of...
Music, Writing and Art
Sports, Architecture and Numbers
Reading, Writing and Numbers
Art, Science and Music
11
Who was the richest man in world history that spent millions on a journey across the Sahara.
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Michael Jordan
Muhammad
12
Where was
Gold
located at in Africa?
In the Gobi Desert
at the Niger River
In the Sahara Desert
In the Sahel
13
Where was
salt
located at in Africa?
In the Sahara Desert
In the Sahel
In the Gobi Desert
at the Niger River
14
The Trans-Saharan Trade network was a link between what two worlds?
African and Arab
African and European
North African and Asian
Arab and European
15
What was Mansa Musa’s primary motivation for journeying across the Sahara Desert in the 1300s?
he was required to take a one time pilgrimage to Timbuktu
he was required to take a one time pilgrimage to Egypt
To get rich
he was required to take a one time pilgrimage to Mecca.
16
Trans-Saharan Trade provided for the exchange of goods, as well as religious ideas, including..
The teachings of Buddha
The teachings of Christianity
The teachings of Zeus
The teachings of Islam
17
What was by far the most important institution in West African society during the Middle Ages?
Trade
Salt and Gold
Religion
Family
18
the belief that rocks, trees, water, animals, humans and all living creatures have a spirit is...
Judaism
Christianity
Animism
Islam
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What is Animism
The belief that ONLY living things possess a spirit
The belief in a supreme animal god
The belief that ALL living and non-living things possess a spirit
The drawing of Anime comics
20
3 empires dominated W. Africa at separate times in the Middle Ages. Which one
WASN'T
a kingdom?
Ghana
Mecca
Songhia
Mali
21
What was the significance of West African folk stories such as Anansi the spider?
They were moral lessons & taught children the way to act.
to put kids to sleep before bed
To make kids laugh
To tell people the dangers of spiders
