Africa Test Review

Where did the great civilizations of West Africa develop?

• along the Niger River
• in the Atlas mountains
• along the Atlantic coast
• in the Sahara Desert

What was the most important geographical feature to the people of West Africa?

• Sahara
• Niger River
• savanna
• Atlas Mountains

All of the following resources are natural to West Africa EXCEPT...

• iron
• salt
• cotton
• tobacco

Which indigenous belief system involves the West African reliance on nature for survival?

• Shinto
• Daoism
• animism
• Islam

Which religion in Japan has a similar emphasis to native West African religion?

• Shinto
• Daoism
• animism
• Islam

What was the main religion (belief system) of Ghana?

• animism
• Islam
• Shinto
• Daoism

What resource did West Africans use to make advanced weapons and tools?

• iron
• gold
• salt
• obsidian

To where did traders take West African gold?

• America
• North Africa
• South Africa
• Asia

In the Trans-Saharan trade network, what was traded for gold?

• salt
• iron
• cotton
• pepper

What did West Africans need as a preservative, so their population could grow?

• salt
• copper
• gold
• cotton