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How did Mansa Musa establish Mali as a center of Muslim culture?
He established trade routes to Europe.
He extended Mali territory by enslaving people.
He spent too much gold.
He brought scholars, architects, and teachers back to Mali.
2
Which West African empire was first to form?
Songhai
Mali
Gao
Ghana
3
Which of the following helped increase trade across the desert around 300 C.E.?
Goats
Caravans
Boats
Camels
4
A community's cultural and historical background passed down in spoken stories.
Moral
Oral tradition
Griot
Proverb
5
The three great West African Empires grew rich from controlling the ________ & _________ trade.
Gold and Spices
Gold and Salt
Salt and Glass
Gold and Sand
6
____________ ( a great city in Mali) became the center for Islamic learning.
Djenne
Jerusalem
Gao
Timbuktu
7
Where was
salt
located at in Africa?
at the Niger River
In the Sahel
In the Sahara Desert
In the Gobi Desert
8
Trans-Saharan Trade provided for the exchange of goods, as well as religious ideas, including..
The teachings of Christianity
The teachings of Islam
The teachings of Zeus
The teachings of Buddha
9
Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was too…
Large
Hilly
Rocky
Dry
10
Which empire was last to form?
Gao
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
11
Three empires dominated West Africa at separate times in the Middle Ages. Which one
WASN'T
a kingdom?
Mecca
Mali
Ghana
Songhia
12
Where was
Gold
located in Africa?
In the Sahara Desert
at the Niger River
In the Gobi Desert
In the Sahel
13
Who founded the Malian Empire and made himself Mansa over all?
Sunni Ali
Sundiata
Askia Muhammad
Mansa Musa
14
What belief system did Africans practice during the Middle Ages?
Christianity
Buddhism
Humanism
Animism
15
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
16
The exchange of goods across the Sahara desert is known as what?
Trans-Atlantic Trade
Trans-Arabic Trade
Trans-Egyptian Trade
Trans-Saharan Trade
17
What is Animism?
The belief in a supreme animal god
The belief that ONLY living things possess a spirit
The drawing of Anime comics
The belief that ALL living and non-living things possess a spirit
18
The Griot was important to West African society. Which one is
NOT
a responsibility of a Griot?
Telling folk tales
Telling epic stories
Teaching students how to read and write
Remembering family and tribal histories
19
In traditional African Villages, people honored their.....
Ancestors
Religious leader
Griots
Emperor
20
The division of jobs and skills in a society
labor laws
labor works
labor specialization
caste system
21
Who was the richest man in world history that spent millions on a journey across the Sahara?
Muhammad
Mansa Musa
Sundiata
Michael Jordan
22
Mansa Musa brought attention to Mali while on ____________ to Mecca.
Hijaz
Hijra
Hajj
Caravan
23
This is the lowest social level in the African Empires.
noble
slave
merchant
trader
24
Which West African city was known as a great center of learning and knowledge?
Timbuktu
Cairo
Johannesburg
Mecca
25
West African history was first told by griots, but eventually it was written in what language?
English
Latin
The language of their ancestors
Arabic
26
A connection based on family relationships
Lineage
Caste
Clan
Kinship