Which of the following is a method Sundiata used to gain more power in Mali?

he took power away from the local and religious rulers

Which of the following is the best response for saying that Sunni Ali was bad for the empires?

False, he brought peace and stability to the region

Why was the silent barter such a useful practice?

trading was peaceful and the mine locations were secret

Farming in Africa improved around 500 BC because

they learned how to make iron tools

Which statement BEST shows how the Ghana and Mali empires were similar?

Both empires were on the Niger River

Which of these is in order of most rainfall to least?

rain forest, savannah, Sahel, Sahara

Who were the Almoravids?

Muslims that attacked Ghana and cut off their trade routes

Which of these was NOT a way that Mansa Musa spread Islam and education?

he outlawed all religions except Islam

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Ch. 13 Review

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Review looking at the Early African Civilizations that we have discussed over the last week.

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1
Which of the following is a method Sundiata used to gain more power in Mali?
He offed all of the locals
he took power away from the local and religious rulers
he hired armies from other empires to do his dirty work
he bribed the citizens to become his followers
2
Which of the following is the best response for saying that Sunni Ali was bad for the empires?
False, he brought peace and stability to the region
True, all he did was wage war on the empires
False, he gave land back to the people that had been taken
True, he destroyed everything that was in sight
3
Why was the silent barter such a useful practice?
people who did not speak the same language could trade
trading was peaceful and the mine locations were secret
it allowed traders to abuse the system
the cost of trading was kept to a minimum
4
What epic poem tells the history of Ghana?
Baru
Dausi
Ali
Sundiata
5
Farming in Africa improved around 500 BC because
they learned how to make iron tools
they learned to build structures that could carry water
they realized that farming was hard and they just stopped
they began to use animals to harvest crops
6
A short saying of wisdom or truth
psalm
silent barter
griot
proverb
7
a group of people born within the same two or three years
proverb
age-set
normal
family
8
The rulers of Ghana banned common people from owning gold what?
nuggets
dust
candy
minerals
9
Some of the earliest people in West Africa
Senagalians
Soninke
Almoravids
Ghanese
10
Morocco wanted to gain control of Songhai's advanced methods of weapon making
they wanted some of the good minerals
they wanted those good looking swords...
false
true
11
In West Africa, what do the different regions running east and west have in common?
They all extend to the Mediterranean Sea
they are all in the desert
They are all full of grassy grasslands
They are all warm
12
What river allowed many people to live in West Africa?
Coosa
Niger
Zambezi
Nile
13
Muhammad Ture was able to take over as ruler of Songhai because he was a Muslim
THIS IS NONFICTION
true
false
THIS IS FICTION
14
Which two factors contributed most to the survival of early West African villages?
work and family
religion and culture
rulers and geography
technology and natural resources
15
Artists of West Africa carved masks that portrayed the faces of their ancestors
would you be the one to wear the mask??
true
false
I would totally wear the mask...
16
Ghana's kings allowed conquered rulers to keep much of their power.
what a gentleman that man was for doing that
now why on earth would he do that
false
true
17
Empire that began its rise to power under Sundiata
Mali
Moroccans
Ghana
Almoravids
18
Which statement BEST shows how the Ghana and Mali empires were similar?
they were both democracies
Both empires took advantage of the gold they had
Both empires received outside help
Both empires were on the Niger River
19
Which of these is in order of most rainfall to least?
rain forest, Sahel, savannah, Sahara
rain forest, savannah, Sahara, Sahel
rain forest, savannah, Sahel, Sahara
Sahara, Sahel, savannah, rain forest
20
Who were the Almoravids?
merchants who controlled the salt trade
Christians from southern Europe who joined up with Ghana
Muslims that attacked Ghana and cut off their trade routes
group of sea travelers from Atlantis
21
Mali's most famous ruler
Sunni Baru
Sunni Ali
Askia the Great
Mansa Musa
22
Belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
Islam
animism
23
The people of Songhai rebelled against who because he was not a Muslim?
Sunni Ali
Askia the Great
Sunni Baru
Timbuktu
24
Which of these was NOT a way that Mansa Musa spread Islam and education?
brought in artists and architects to build mosques
he stressed teh importance of reading and writing in Arabic
sent scholars to Morocco and had them build schools
he outlawed all religions except Islam
25
Empire whose capital was Gao
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Romans
26
Kingdom that gained control of the West Africa's trade routes by AD 800
Mali
Moroccans
Romans
Ghana
27
Who created five provinces in to help maintain order in Songhai?
Cleopatra
Sunni Ali
Askia the Great
Sunni Baru
28
The people of early West African civilizations preserved their history by writing books
true
everyone likes to read!!!!
false
nobody even reads books anyways
29
a traditional crop in West Africa
all of the above
grain
kola nuts
dates
30
A spoken record of past events
history
spoken history
oral history
story telling

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