Unit 3 MidUnit Quiz

Which BEST describes Timbuktu under the Mali empire?

• a center of Islamic culture and learning

• a military base for local African armies

• a trading post controlled by European merchants

• a port where Asian and European ships brought goods

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.

How did the prosperity resulting from the gold-salt trade affect West African empires during the 1300s?

• The influence of foreign merchants declined.

• Islamic centers of learning emerged.

• The demand for European goods increased.

• Regional rulers’ political authority decreased.

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

• religious missionaries

• trade routes

• political envoys

• alliance systems

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.

Which two leaders assisted in keeping Mali prosperous?

• Soninke and Sundiata

• Mansa Musa and Sunni Ali

• Sundiata and Mansa Musa

• Sundiata and Askia the Great