West Africa Review

What were the two main rivers in West Africa?

• Niger and Nile
• Nile and Senegal
• Niger and Senegal
• Senegal and Zambezi

Which of the following factors increased trans-Saharan trade?

• The introduction of camels and copper
• The population increase and gold
• The growth of cities and camels
• The discovery of salt and introduction of camels

What were the 3 largest West African Empires?

• Songhai, Mali, and Nigeria
• Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
• Ghana, Songhai, and Bachwezi
• Aksum, Ghana, Mali

What is the correct order of the rise and fall of the 3 great west African empires? The country on the left is the first to rise and the country on the right is the last to rise. 

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

What role did Ghana play in North African trade?

• Middleman
• Salt Miners
• Gold Miners
• All of the Above

What brought Islam to West Africa?

• War
• Trade
• Emporers
• Crusades

Taghaza in North Africa was known for its deposits of what substance?

• salt
• gold
• iron
• ore

Where did Mansa Musa make a pilgrimage to with 80,000 people?

• The Holy Land
• Jerusalem
• Medina
• Mecca

Why did the Wangarans trade silently?

• They had no spoken language
• To have power over those with whom they traded
• Because they disliked other traders
• To keep their gold mines' locations secret.

Sunni Ali was a great warrior that built a powerful army to break away from Mali and form which West African empire?

• Songhai
• Ghana
• Egypt 
• Mali