Medieval Africa

The image above illustrates Trans-Saharan trade.  What made this trade so important?

• Required merchants to cross the Saharan Desert
• Trade of gold and salt made Arabs and Africans wealthy
• Without this trade, merchants would have nothing to sell
• Trans Saharan trade began the Slave trade

Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...

• He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa
• He controlled the gold and salt trade
• He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth
• He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.

The greatest city in West Africa during the medieval era was...

• Ghana
• Niani
• Jenne
• Timbuktu

This is a map of Africa.  What letter marks the location of the Niger River?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The West African kingdom that became wealthy through taxing passersby was 

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Benin

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Gao
• Rome

What do we call a group of camels and humans traveling with goods to sell?

• a fief
• a republic
• a caravan
• a plateau

What region is represented by the darker shaded region?

• Sahara
• Sahel
• Savanna
• Rainforest

What religion was the most popular in each of the major African Kingdoms?

• Islam
• Muslim
• Christianity
• Buddhism

Goods were carried north and south across the desert by Muslim people called ....

• Dwellers
• Gatherers
• Berbers
• Runners