Ch. 3-1 A Trading Empire pages 114-119

1.  What are griots?

• grasslands
• storytellers
• tax collectors
• sailboat used by the Arabs

What river helped the traders in Mali transport their goods?

• Nile River
• Yangtze River
• River Thames
• Niger River

This Muslim leader in Mali started to spread Islam through west Africa:

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa
• Askia the Great
• Muhammad Ture

The people of West Africa preserved the record of their past through the use of

• oral histories
• cuneiform writings
• stories written on scrolls
• hieroglyphics

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire from 1312 – 1337. What was 1 effect of his rule?

• The empire moved to South Africa.
• The poor became more powerful.
• Democracy was started in his kingdom.
• Islamic religion spread in the region

The trade of which two products shaped the early history of North and West Africa?

• ivory and salt
• salt and gold
• silk and gold
• spices and ivory

What is the name of the huge desert that covers northern Africa?

• Sahara
• Arabian
• Gobi
• Kalahari

All of the following are true about Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca EXCEPT

• took inspiration from Mecca to build Timbuktu
• traded gold all along his route to Mecca
• he thought it was important to trade gold for salt
• he caused inflation in Egypt from all the gold he was using

This is the longest river in the world:

• Amazon River
• Niger River
• Nile River
• Orange River

Most of Africa's rainfall occurs in:

• rift valleys 
• deserts
• coastal areas
• Rainforests