African Kingdoms (VA WH I .10d)

List the West African Kingdoms in the correct chronological order starting with the earliest and ending with the latest.

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana 
• Ghana, Mali,  Songhai
• Songhai, Mali,  Ghana
• Axum, Mali, Zimbabwe

The desert that played an important role as a geographic barrier to all the West African Kingdoms was -

• Gobi
• Serengeti
• Sahara
• Thar

The river that served as an important resource to the West African Kingdoms was the -

• Nile
• Limpopo
• Congo
• Niger

The religious traditions of the West Africa Kingdoms started as __________ but eventually converted to ____________. 

• Christian, Judaism
• Hindu, Buddhism
• Shinto, Confucianism
• Animism, Islam

The two main items that were traded on the Trans - Saharan route were -

• Salt and Gold
• Bronze and Slaves
• Camels and Lumber
• Cotton and Spice

The gold the West African Kingdoms possessed had obvious value, why would they trade it for salt? 

• to build religious statues
• to use in burial ceremonies
• to preserve and flavor food
• to have it for scientific experiments

The city in West Africa that served as the center of trade and learning was -

• Mansa Musa
• Constantinople
• Timbuktu
• Great Zimbabwe

The Mali ruler famous for his trip to Mecca for the Hajj was -

• Mansa Musa
• Askiya the Great
• Tenkamenin
• Sulayman

Because we know Mansa Musa embarked on the Hajj, this religion became the dominant religion in the Mali and Songhai Kingdoms -

• Judaism
• Christianity
• Daoism
• Islam

Axum was located in ________ Africa just south of _________ .

• East, Egypt
• West, Morocco
• South, Zimbabwe
• North, Carthage