Africa Review

What are the major climate zones of Africa in order from north to south?

• Sahara, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Rainforest, Mediterranean
• Mediterranean, Sahel, Sahara, Sahel, Savannah, Rainforest
• Sahara, Rainforest, Savannah, Sahel, Mediterranean
• Mediterranean, Sahel, Savannah, Sahara, Rainforest
  

What items were traded between Africa and Europe/Asia?

• Cloth, spices and weapons.
• Wheat and Barley
• Grapes and Olives
• Cocoa, sugar and cotton

The sahel lies on the northern and southern borders of which desert?

• Gobi
• Syrian
• Sahara
• Arabian

What major trading item was found in the Sahara desert?

• Wheat
• Gold
• Cotton
• Salt

Salt was traded almost equally for equivalent amounts of which item?

• Spices
• Gold
• Cotton
• Salt

The savanna contained large amounts of what important trading item?

• Salt
• Barley
• Iron
• Gold

What is the heavily forested area that receives a lot of rainfall?

• Ghana
• Rainforest
• Mediterranean
• Sahel

What river provided a means of transportation and trade for the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

• Niger
• Amazon
• Nile
• Indus

Which animals were needed for travel when trading across the Savannah/Sahara in Africa?

• Horses and mules
• Camels and elephants
• Donkeys and camels
• Elephants and humans

Koumbi-Saleh (Ghana), Timbuktu, and Gao (Mali and Songhai) were all examples of what?

• Cultural trading cities
• Books of the Qur’an
• Islamic shrines
• Holy Cities