East and West Africa

This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

• Mecca
• Rome
• Los Angeles
• Timbuktu

How did West Africans record their history.

• orally
• in books
• on tape
• with hyroglyphs

He was a king of the Mali empire and was considered the richest man to ever live.

• Mansa Musa
• Askia Muhammad
• Suni Ali
• Pumba

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

• millet
• salt
• books
• textiles

Which was not an outcome of trade for West Africa?

• West African societies became governed by kings.
• West African cities became centers of religion and education.
• West African cities became centers of trade.
• West African cities became increasingly isolated.

. What is the best title for this list?
• Ghana • Songhai • Mali

• Trading Cities of the Sahara
• Tribes Who Ruled the Desert
• . Early Kingdoms of West Africa
• Animal Gods of the Niger Valley

Which of the following is NOT a West African trade city?

• Gao

• Taghaza

• Timbuktu

• Mecca

Which river transports gold to traders in Timbuktu?

• Niger

• Nile

• Tigris

• Euphrates

Why was salt such an important trade good in West Africa?

• West Africans gave salt to their animals.
• West Africans used it to preserve food.
• Salt was used in the animist religious rituals.
• It was used by families as a cleansing agent,

Which of the following statements about the European colonization of West Africa is accurate?

• Europe colonized only the coastal regions.
• Germany and Portugal claimed the territory in West Africa.
• Europeans made the important  decisions about how Africans lived.
• Europeans left the most fertile land for the Africans to use for their farms.