West Africa Quiz

The city of Timbuktu was known for

What barrier separated trade from West Africa to North Africa?

What did Ghana NOT have?

What religion impacted the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

What happened because of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?

What were the storytellers of West Africa called?

Who took a famous journey to Mecca?

Why did Islam spread into West Africa?

West African kingdoms were developed from a strong military with iron weapons and trading gold and salt.

What did Griots NOT pass down orally to their village?

What was important to the empires of West Africa?

Timbuktu was a city of trade and learning.

Before Islam how did people in West Africa learn the history of their village?

When did West Africa begin to have a written language?

How did the gold and salt trade affect West Africa?

Islam is a traditional West African religion.

Mansa Musa took a trip from Timbuktu to which city?

Select ALL of the traditional West African religions.

What was a famous trading city in West Africa?

The Niger River runs into what body of water?

What religion helped with trade and increased the wealth of West Africa?

What metal helped West African kings expand their empire?

Did the empire of Mali grow under Mansa Musa?