Songhai

Multiple Choice

What religion was introduced to West Africa through trade?

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Judaism

Multiple Choice

Why was Ghana's location important?

• It was located near the coast.

• It was located in North Africa by the salt mines.

• It was located in West Africa by the gold mines.

• It was located between the gold and salt mines.

Multiple Choice

How did Ghana make money?

• By selling the necessary goods to survive in the desert.

• By providing guides, for a fee, to help caravans through the desert.

• By mining salt and trading it for gold.

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

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: Timbuktu became a center for trade and learning during the Mali Empire.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match

Match the following

• Mansa Musa

• Mecca

• Gold

• Cairo, Egypt

• Artists and scholars

Richest man in history.

Where was Mansa Musa headed for his pilgrimage?

What Mansa Musa passed out to people while on his pilgrimage.

Too much gold was passed out in this city and ruined the economy.

People Mansa Musa brought back to Mali to promote education and Islam.

• Richest man in history.

• Where was Mansa Musa headed for his pilgrimage?

• What Mansa Musa passed out to people while on his pilgrimage.

• Too much gold was passed out in this city and ruined the economy.

• People Mansa Musa brought back to Mali to promote education and Islam.

​Mansa Musa literally put Mali "on the map." Here he is on a medieval map drawn by an European mapmaker.

Match

Match the following

• Sunni Ali

• Askia the Great

• Moroccan troops

Conquered Mali and organized, strengthened, and unified Songhai.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fill in the Blank

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

Match

Match the following

• Koumbi

• Timbuktu

• Gao

Capital of Ghana.

Capital of Mali.

Capital of Songhai.

• Capital of Ghana.

• Capital of Mali.

• Capital of Songhai.

Match

Match the map with the correct empire.

Mali

Ghana

Songhai

• Mali

• Ghana

• Songhai