Ancient African Kingdoms

Hot and humid, receives 60-120 in. of rain per year, home to a variety of animals, lush plants.

• Desert
• Rainforest
• Savanna
• Mediterranean

Largest region in Africa, wet summers= lots of plant growth, dry winters= plants dry up.

• Savanna
• Steppe
• Rainforest
• Highlands

Hot, dry, south of the equator, no vegetation, can go 10 years w/o rain.

• Steppe
• Savanna
• Mediterranean
• Desert

How did African Kingdoms make their money in the Middle Ages?

• selling slaves to Europeans
• trading gold across the desert
• trading salt for silk across the ocean
• pirating and raiding ships in the Atlantic Ocean

Which 3 kingdoms traded gold and salt in western Africa?

• Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
• Ghana, Mali, Songhai
• Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana
• Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

Mansa Musa is most famous for

• defending his kingdom from invaders
• expanding the gold trade into South Africa
• converting to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca
• lending his military forces to the Arabs during the crusades

Which of these goods was LEAST likely to be traded across the desert?

• silver

• gold

• salt

• slaves

Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14th century Mali, is most remembered for

• defending his African kingdom from slave traders.
  
• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.
  
• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

What would Sundiata and Mansa Musa have in common?

• 
  Both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa.
• 
  Both ruled over the Songhai Empire in Africa.
• 
  Both ruled over the Ghana Empire in Africa.
• 
  Both didn't rule over any Empire in Africa.

From the 1000s CE through the 1400s CE, which of these goods would UNLIKELY have traveled out of western Africa towards the east along the trans-Saharan trade route?

• silver

• slaves

• salt

• gold