1.2 Quiz: History of Western & Central Africa

During _______________, about 13 million people were forced to migrate in the 1500s. Europeans brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work on colonial plantations.

• the Atlantic slave trade

• imperialism

• colonialism

• the pilgrimage

Beginning around A.D. 750, West African kingdoms began the _______________ with Arab traders. During this trade, they not only exchanged goods, but also exchanged ideas about learning, law, and religion.

• triangular trade

• middle passage

• salt trade

• Atlantic slave trade

_______________ occurs when one power creates an empire by taking over other areas.

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Pilgrimage

• Middle passage

_______________ ruled the Mali empire from about 1312 to 1337. His 1324 religious journey to Mecca strengthened Mali’s ties with North Africa and drew the world’s attention to the empire.

• Ghana

• Mansa Musa

• Songhai

• Tombouctou

_______________ took place between Europe, Africa, and the British colonies in the Americas.

1. Cloth, beer, and guns were shipped from Britain to West Africa.
2. African traders sold slaves for the goods from Europe, and then slaves were shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas.
3. In the Americas, the slaves were sold for goods (ex: lumber, rice, indigo, tobacco, sugar), which were shipped back to Britain.

• The salt trade

• Imperialism

• Triangular trade

• Colonialism

In the _______________ , European leaders met in 1884 to divide up territory in Africa to rule, with no input from African leaders. By about 1900, Europe had claimed and controlled nearly the entire continent.

• Scramble for Africa

• salt trade

• Atlantic slave trade

• pilgrimage

In the mid-1400s, the _______________ took over much of West and Central Africa to become the largest in African history.

• Mali empire

• Songhai empire

• Arab empire

• Ghana empire

The _______________ flourished between 600 and 1200 and ruled over much of present-day Mali and Mauritania.

• Songhai empire

• Ghana empire

• Arab empire

• Mali empire

In 1324, Mansa Musa made a spectacular _______________ to the Arabian city of Mecca.

• pilgrimage

• middle passage

• voyage

• salt trade

_______________ was founded in about A.D. 1100, located along the edge of the Sahara Desert. It not only thrived as a center of trade and of Islamic learning but was also considered a college town; it was home to the University of Sankore.

• Ghana

• Djenne

• Tombouctou

• Mali