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In addition to the wealth they gained from the gold trade, Ghana added to its wealth by _______
Hiding their gold to drive up the price of gold
Selling guns to other African kingdoms
Requiring traders to pay taxes on all goods
Becoming involved in slave trade
2
The Mali capital of Timbuktu __________________
Was invaded by Europeans for its gold
Refused to let Muslim traders come into the city
Was populated only by the king and his soldiers
Became a great center of learning
3
Songhai’s wealth from trade began to decline because _________
Their supply of gold ran out
Muslim traders would no longer cooperate with them
Port cities along the Atlantic began handling more trade
the resources Songhai had to trade were no longer desired
4
Two important trade goods in West Africa were ____________________
Cotton cloth and iron
Yams and riced
Silk and guns
Gold and salt
5
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were all located _________
On the coast of the Indian Ocean
Along the northwest coast of Africa
In the rainforests of the Congo
South of the Sahara Desert
6
The technology which allowed the kingdom of Ghana to protect its trade route was __________
Iron for making weapons
The dart with poison tips
The camel caravan
The gun
7
Africans wore brightly colored clothing called ______________.
Kente
Silk
Robes
Griots
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The _________is a strip of land with little rainfall dividing the desert from the wetter area.
Savannah
Sahara
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sahel
9
Mansu Musa I went to Arabia on his famous journey because __________
He was a faithful Muslim and wanted to visit Mecca
He wanted to find a doctor to cure the plague in Mali
He wanted to open trade with new lands
He wanted to recruit teachers, writers, and architects
10
As many rulers of West African kingdoms became Muslims their pilgrimage to Mecca ___________
brought Arab art, science, and learning to West Africa
Many of them converted to the Christian religion
The people of Mecca began to worship many different gods
War broke out between Mecca and Timbuktu
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The government in Songhai was different from other West African trading kingdoms because ______
the land was divided into provinces each ruled by a governor
They had two kings who shared power equally
The people elected their leaders
they had an oligarchy and were ruled by wealthy traders
12
In West Africa, goods moved by camel caravan because ______
The land was rugged and mountainous
Horses and elephants were banned by the kings
Only the kings could ride horses
Most of the trade routes crossed wide expanses of desert
13
The technological advance that helped the rise of the West African trading nations was ________
Working with iron and using iron tools
Advanced irrigation systems
Road building techniques
Guns imported from Europe
14
A pilgrimage is a __________________
Mass migration by a group to form a new colony
March by soldiers returning from battle
Holy war
Journey to a holy place
15
Wealthy Berbers of N. Africa were willing to trade with the leaders of Songhai because ________
They followed the same Muslim religion
No one else would trade with the Berbers
Geography made it easy to travel between the two places
They worshipped many of the same gods
16
The African ___________________ is a moist and densely wooded area.
Prairie
Sahel
Rainforest
Bush
17
________________ is a long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the earth’s crust.
Fault line
Sahel
Rolling Earth
Rifts
18
The __________________ is a vast desert in North Africa.
Sahara
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sahel
Savannah
19
__________ is a trading system where people trade goods without direct contact.
Silent Barter
Barter exchange
Gold and Salt Trade
Silk Road
20
_______________________ is the area of Africa south of the Sahara.
Sub Saharan Africa
Sahel
Savannah
Sahara
21
Salt was important to the kingdoms of West Africa because it was used ______________
To preserve meat
Throughout the region
To make poison
In making special paints
22
One of the most important effects of trade in West Africa was __________
The West Africans learned to use guns to defend themselvesc
Islam religion brought cultural changes to West Africa
The spread of European ideas
That it ended the slave trade
23
In Africa, the religious belief that everything in nature is alive and has a spirit is called
Taoism
Judaism
Animism
Buddhism
24
One of the ways King Sunni Ali brought stability to Songhai was by ___________
limiting how long people could serve as government officials
encouraging religious harmony
Increasing taxes on all people
Allowing women to serve as government official
25
Mansu Musa I was the most famous king of ____________
Morocco
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
26
The Kingdom of Ghana was destroyed in 1042 AD by ______________
Christian crusaders
The Malinke people
The rulers of Mali
Muslims from North Africa called Almoravids
27
The _______________________ in Africa is an open grassland with scattered trees.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sahel
Savannah
Sahara
28
The __________ was when salt was traded for gold with no contact to protect the mines location
Gold and Salt Transaction
Gold and Salt Swap
Gold and Salt Trade
Gold and Salt Exchange
29
________________ are words of wisdom.
Psalms
Proverbs
Motto
Slogan
30
_________________ were storytellers that told __________________ of the past.
Griots and Written History
Suchitra and Oral History
Suchitra and Written History
Griots and Oral History
31
An important river that contributed to the development of the W. African civilizations was
the Niger River
the Indus River
the Tigris River
the Nile River
