Home Library Explore SAT

Home Library Explore SAT

Lesson 16 TCI: "A West African Trading Empire" Flashcards | StudBud

Explore/Lesson 16 TCI: "A West African Trading Empire"

How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana?

Which factor contributed most to Ghana's power?

Lesson 16 TCI: "A West African Trading Empire"

10 terms·StudBud Administration·467 plays

History

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
Which factor contributed most to Ghana's power?
its animals
its education system
its rivers
its location
2
How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana?
books written by Africans
Arab scholar writings
wood carvings in the forest
mining salt
3
what did Muslim merchants spread in West Africa in the 600s?
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
4
How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?
buying camels
serving the army
taxing goods
selling gold
5
Who finally conquered the Kumbi people?
barbarians of Rome
Arab sailors
Mande people of Mali
gold miners
6
What animal was introduced to help out in long-distance trade?
Mules
Horses
Camels
Donkeys
7
Why were Ghanians known as middlemen?
they were between Med. Sea and Artic Ocean
They were between mountains and forests.
They were between forests and the Sahara
because they were between Indian and Atlantic Oceans
8
Why did Ghana decline
They converted religions
They burned all the iron
They cut down all the trees
they were captured
9
what did people in the southern forests need in order to preserve food?
salt
wood
leather
water
10
What was Ghana known as to outsiders?
Land of Taxes
All of the above
Land of Gold
Land of Coal