Ancient Africa

What two valuable ingredients often led to power for the Ancient African civilizations?

• gold and silver
• salt and pepper
• Salt and gold
• ivory and silk

This famous Mali leader was known as the richest man in the ancient world. He was...

• Queen Nzinga
• Askia
• Mansa Musa
• Ibn Battuta

Which commodity did Ghana and Mali trade for salt?

• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold
• Copper

Mansa Musa built a beautiful capital city with mosques and libraries at

• Alexandria
• Timbuktu
• Damascus
• Baghdad

Largest state to ever exist in West Africa after Mali's decline.

• Benin
• Ghana
• Ethiopia
• Songhai

How did Ghana become so wealthy?

• big business
• center of trade route

Trans-Saharan trade brought this religion to West Africa from the Arabian peninsula

• Christianity
• Islam

When a culture is spread through trade it is called  ____________.

• Cultural diffusion
• Cultural isolation

Chose the correct order of the Ancient African kingdoms...

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

Why was salt so important?

• It was expensive
• It helped keep food fresh
• It tasted good
• All of the answers are correct