Kingdoms of Africa

Multiple Choice

What religion was introduced to Africa by traders?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

Multiple Choice

Why was Ghana's location important?

• It was located by the coast.

• It was located between the gold and salt mines.

• It was located near the Mediterranean Sea.

• It was located by an oasis in the Sahara Desert.

Multiple Choice

How did Ghana make money?

• By taxing traders who travel through their territory to get to the gold mines.

• By selling supplies necessary to survive in the desert.

• By providing guides for a camel caravan's trek through the desert.

• By mining in the gold mine.

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Fill in the Blank: The people of Ghana adopted iron making from the ____________ people.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following was NOT a reason for the decline and fall of Ghana?

• 14 years of war against the Almoravids.

• Overgrazed grasslands.

• Internal rebellions weakened Ghana.

• There was no more gold to be mined from the surrounding area.

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the GHANA empire?

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the Blank: The territory of Mali was _______ the size of Ghana.

Multiple Choice

Which Mali leader conquered Ghana and led Mali to become a powerful empire?

• Ibn Battuta

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

Multiple Choice

What made Mali the most powerful kingdom in Africa?

• The discovery of more gold mines.

• The establishment of the university at Timbuktu.

• Charging taxes for traders to travel through the empire on their way to the gold mines.

• Steady leadership by accomplished rulers.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Timbuktu became a center of trade and learning.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Mansa Musa is considered the third richest man of all time behind Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla's Elon Musk.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Mansa Musa gave away a massive amount of gold while on this pilgrimage to Mecca.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

How do we know that Mansa Musa helped bring attention to Africa, specifically Mali, in Europe?

• European mapmaker literally put Mansa Musa on a medieval map.

• African trade goods have been found as far east as China.

• Europeans traveled to Mali gold mines to see the riches for themselvs.

• Stories about Mali showed up in European university libraries.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT a reason for the decline and fall of the Mali Empire?

• There was weak leadership after the death of Mansa Musa.

• Invaders weakened the empire and burned school in Timbuktu.

• The empire had grown to large to control.

• The armies were too weak against the Almoravid invasions.

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the MALI Empire?

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Sunni Ali unified Songhai by encouraging people to work together and by participating in Islam and local religions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which map shows the SONGHAI Empire?

Match

WHO did WHAT in Mali?

• Conquered Mali and organized, strengthened, and unified Songhai.

• Under his leadership, Timbuktu and Djenne became centers of learning and commerce.

• Conquered Songhai's salt mines and turned Songhai into a series of military camps.

Sunni Ali

Askia the Great

Moroccan Troops

• Sunni Ali

• Askia the Great

• Moroccan Troops

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank: Commerce is a fancy word for _____________.

Match

Match the following:

• Capital of Ghana.

• Capital of Mali.

• Capital of Songhai.

Koumbi

Timbuktu

Gao

• Koumbi

• Timbuktu

• Gao