Ancient African

Which had the greatest influence on the economy of the Ghana?

• The spice trade
• The gold trade
• Mansa Musa's pilgramage to Mecca
• Caravans of Merchants on the Silk Road

Which of these trade items made Ghana, Mali, and Songhai tribes wealthy? 

• Silver and Silk
• Gold and Salt
• Silver and Gold
• Silk and Porcelain

Which was true of most African kingdoms? 

• They were ruled by evil kings
• They were major trading centers
• They refused to trade with other tribes
• They only hunted for their food

The _____ is the largest desert on Earth.

• Gobi
• Kalahari
• Sahara
• Mojave

Ancestors were a key element in African religion because

• it was believed that one's ancestors became gods after death.
• the ancestors were believed to be closer to the gods.
• A lineage group's ancestors controlled the weather for the area in which the group lived.
• ancestor could return to fight as warriors if a lineage group was threatened.

_____ was the first of the great trading states to emerge in the area south of the Sahara in West Africa.

• Ghana
• Axum
• Nubia
• Sierra Leone

Griots told stories in order to preserve and pass down history.

• True
• False

Mansa Musa built a beautiful capital city with mosques and libraries at

• Alexandria
• Timbuktu
• Damascus
• Baghdad

The _______ was the village storyteller in African kingdoms

• teacher
• journalists
• priests
• griots

What religion did the Arabian merchants bring to Ghana?

• Christianity
• Buddhism
• Islam
• None