Unit 3 Test [HOMEWORK]

What was one effect of the trans-Saharan caravan trade during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?

• increased European control of West Africa

• the spread of Islam throughout West Africa

• the decline of slavery in West African societies

• decreased power for rulers of West African kingdoms

What contributed MOST to the growth and power of the West African empires of Ghana and Mali?

• iron mining

• caravan trade

• plantation agriculture

• textile manufacturing

How did the gold-salt trade in Africa make Ghana a powerful empire?

• Ghana owned the salt mines and fixed salt prices.

• Ghana controlled the trade routes and taxed traders.

• Ghana created valuable art pieces from mined gold.

• Ghana supplied camels for the caravans across the Sahara.

What helped Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to become large and powerful West African kingdoms?

• the discovery of gunpowder

• advanced navigational tools

• control of gold-salt trade routes

• development of irrigation systems

Which outcome is a direct result of these developments?

The Ancient Kingdom of Mali

• Gold from West Africa was exchanged for salt from the Sahara

• Long distance trade routes connected North and West Africa

• Islam influenced the Kingdom of Mali

• The soil in Mali was dry and produced very few crops.

• Muslim explorers conquered the region.

• Bantu migrations to the southern continent began.

• Mali became a major center for commerce and culture.

Which factors were MOST responsible for aiding the early spread of Islam?

• religious missionaries

• trade routes

• political envoys

• alliance systems

How was information preserved and shared in West Africa for MOST of the region’s history?

• oral traditions

• stone carvings

• pictures on cloth

• writing on papyrus

These musicians [in the picture] would MOST likely have given a performance that told about the life and deeds of

which historical figure?

• Buddha

• Sundiata

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Khan

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

Sundiata the Hero

He was a lad full of strength; his arms had the strength of ten and his biceps inspired fear in his

companions. He had already that authoritative way of speaking which belongs to those who are destined

to command.

—The Epic of Old Mali

How were epics such as this one transmitted in West African culture?

• in written works

• in cave paintings

• by griots, or oral historians

• by scribes, or recorders

Based on your knowledge of the west African empires, which statement explains the reasons cities developed in those empires.

• Cities' universities attracted students from many lands who moved to them to study.

• Cities had large agricultural markets and technologically advanced tools needed by farmers.

• Cities attracted missionaries who sought to spread religion further throughout West Africa.

• Cities' resources were in high demand and overland trade routes connected them to North Africa.