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Ancient African Civilizations
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1
Timbuktu was a center of :
Kindness
Culture
Farming
Trade and Learning
2
The worlds largest desert is the:
Sahel
Savannah
Seregeti
Sahara
3
In ancient Ghana, traders traded gold for
Salt
Cotton
Tobacco
Slaves
4
Why did Sundiata call himself mansa?
He rebelled against the empire of Mali
His enemies feared him
He considered himself an emperor
He divided the clans
5
Mali welcomed the religion of
Islam
Hinduism
Judism
Christianity
6
Askia focused on:
Cuture
Farming
Education
Food
7
These people traded through the desert
Berbers
Barbers
Sherpas
Bubbles
8
The 4 different climate zones in Africa are
mild, deserts, rain forest, savannas
plateaus, grasslands, hump of Africa, mountains
hills, plateaus, deserts, rain forest
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The Niger river was used for:
Beverages
Transporting trade
Washing
Swimming
10
Songhai fell because:
Overgrazing
Morrocans captured salt mines
The Empire grew too large.
Attack by the Berbers
11
The kingdom of Ghana made money by:
Selling camels
Taxing traders
Selling slaves
Selling gold
12
Mansa Musa was a great leader of:
Songhai
Mali
Sudan
Ghana
13
Sundiata conquered ?? and took over the salt and gold trade
Mali
Benin
Ghana
Songhai
14
Muslims make a religious journey to:
Mecca
Malaysia
Mali
Songhai
15
What made Mansa Musa's hajj special?
He died on his return to Mali
He refused to spend any money
Egypt refused to allow his caravan to pass through
He gave away so much gold he upset Egypt's economy
16
Mali's first strong ruler was ?? who ruled from 1217-1255
Askia the Great
Sunni Baru
Sunni Ali
Sundiata
17
This Arab traveler is responsible for much of the information we have on Medieval Africa:
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta
Askia the Great
Sunni Ali
18
In ancient Ghana, salt is important for
Preserving food
Making crops grow
Making salt water
Helping water boil
19
Ghana, Mali, and Cairo were West African empires
True
False
20
Ghana had rich ?? and ?? mines
salt and coal
diamond and salt
gold and diamond
gold and iron ore