West Africa

List the 3 West African kingdoms in chronological order.

• Ghana, Mali and Songhai
• Mali, Songhai and Ghana
• Songhai, Ghana and Mali
• Ghana, Songhai and Mali

What large body of water borders Africa to the north?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea

What physical feature of Africa impeded the movement of people, goods and ideas?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Sahara Desert

What physical feature in West Africa encouraged the movement of people, goods and ideas?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Niger River
• Sahara Desert

Pick the four major exports of West Africa.

• gold

• slaves

• diamonds

• ivory

• salt

How did West Africa benefit from the trans-Saharan slave trade?

• Europe became rich and powerful.
• The trading kingdoms became rich and powerful.
• West Africa was destroyed by this slave trade.
• none of the above

This was a way of peaceful trading so that the locations of the salt and gold mines would not be discovered.

• silent economy
• silent majority
• silent night
• silent bartering

How did Europe and Asia benefit from the trans-Saharan slave trade?

• They got rich off of selling slaves.
• They got cheap labor.
• They got Islamic architects.
• none of the above

West Africa became an important commerce center. Which answer below is not an example of West Africa being a major commerce center.

• Leaders taxed trade routes.
• They exported important goods like salt, gold and slaves.
• They built trade cities like Timbuktu.
• Islam became the dominant religion.

What type of governments existed in West Africa?

• Direct democracy
• Constitutional monarchy
• Absolute monarchy
• Republic