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1
What was the name of the explorer whose voyage in 1498 gave Portugual a direct sea route to India?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry the Navigator
John Cabot
2
What number marks the location of an African kingdom that adopted Christianity?
4
3
2
1
3
What African civilization created the structures in this picture?
Axum
Ghana
Songhai
Great Zimbabwe
4
Why is so little known of Great Zimbabwe?
Their writing system has not yet been deciphered.
They did not leave behind written records.
5
To trade gold and salt, traders had to cross what geographical feature in Northern Africa?
The Arabian Desert
The Sonora Desert
The Gobi Desert
The Sahara Desert
6
What animal was typically used to transport goods for the gold-salt trade?
Llamas
Alpacas
Horses
Camels
7
What are stelae?
Large stone pillars that were used to record trade transactions.
Large stone pillars that were used as weapons in times of war.
Large stone pillars that act as a sundial.
Large stone pillars that act as a memorial to someone that has died.
8
The Sahel in Africa consists of -
deserts.
tundra.
grasslands.
mountains.
9
In what order did the three great kingdoms of West Africa emerge?
Mali, Ghana, Songhai.
Ghana, Songhai, Mali.
Ghana, Mali, Songhai.
Songhai, Mali, Ghana.
10
What religious artifact is pictured below?
Noah's Ark
Pandora's Box
The Ark of the Covenant
The Guilded Eagles
11
Which of the following cities in Mali had 3 universities, and a library of Greek and Roman texts?
Carthage
Chichen Itza
Axum
Timbuktu
12
The Portuguese explorer who founded a navigation school where many people came to further their knowledge was -
John Cabot
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
13
What did King Ezana of Axum establish as the kingdom's official religion during his reign?
Buddhism
Christianity
Animism
Islam
14
What group invaded Northern Africa in the early 600s, forcing the people of Axum to move to the highlands?
Romans
Persians
Mongols
Muslims
15
The founder of the Mali empire was -
Mali Ali
Mansa Musa
Muhammad Ture
Sundiata
16
All of the following are accomplishments of Mansa Musa EXCEPT -
being the richest man of all time.
founding the kingdom of Mali.
going on Hajj to Mecca.
making the city of Timbuktu into a great center of learning.
17
Salt became as valuable as _______ to people who engaged in Trans-Saharan trade.
copper
jade
silver
gold
18
The Songhai Empire fell due to ___________ invasion in 1591.
Moroccan
Nubian
British
Spanish
19
What famous African leader is shown in this picture?
Ezana
Sundiata
Muhammad Ture
Mansa Musa
20
The Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers were the boundaries for the empire of -
Zimbabwe
Nubia
Ghana
Kush
