Gold and Salt Trade

What did the Wangarans have that the North Africans traded salt for?

• gold
• silver
• copper
• camels

Ghana and Mali, controlled trade of which TWO items?

• Gold and fish
• Gold and salt
• Gold and timber
• Gold and bronze

What was Ghana's coast once known as?

• gold coast
• diamond coast
• the blood shed for independence
• the mining and oil

Which geographic feature was a major barrier to trade between West Africa and the regions of North Africa and the Middle East? 

• Sahara Desert 
• Mediterranean Sea 
• Congo Basin 
• Atlantic Ocean 

Gold and salt were important to West Africa because they?

• created great wealth and trade networks that spread new ideas
• they were vital to health in the region
• helped develop self-sufficiency and become wealthy
• increased trade, bring in great wealth and spread ideas such as Christianity

Where did Islam spread?

• all around the world
• the entire continent of Africa
• across Asia and Africa and into Spain
• into Australia

The leader of the Islamic community used the Quran to create laws for the community. This is an example of what type of government?

• Democracy

• Anarchy

• Theocracy

• Communism

Which Religion did Mansa Musa (the king of Mali) and lots of West Africans follow?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

one way in which the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai were similar was that they

• benefited from the gold-salt trade
• directly controlled gold mines
• adopted Islam as the religion of their subjects
• improved their military strength with the use of gunpowder

Under Mansa Musa the of Empire of Mali _________.

• collapsed
• doubled in size
• was founded