Africa Quiz L 1

What is an area of high flat land called?

• canyon

• plateau

• valley

• region

Africa’s savannas are?

• good for growing yams.

• cool and rainy.

• only 10 percent of the land of Africa.

• good for raising herds of cattle and other animals.

The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of

• food.

• ivory.

• leather.

• water.

What great warrior king, called “Lion Prince,” ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?

• Sundiata Keita

• Mansa Musa

• Sunni Ali

• Timbuktu

What major river that supported trade in West Africa

• Nile

• Amazon

• Niger

• Mississippi

What was was the first great trading empire in West Africa?

• Ghana

• Congo

• Mali

• Songhai

Who Transported cloth, weapons, horses, paper, and books to west Africa?

• Highways

• Aqueducts

• Rivers

• Berber traders

Who brought Islam to Ghana?

• Songhai leaders

• the Bantu

• Mansa Musa

• Berber and Arab Traders

West African story tellers are called?

• Muslims

• Berbers

• Griots

• Traders

What is used to flavor food and to replace what they lost in the hot climate of West Africa and traded pound for pound with Gold?

• salt

• sugar

• cinnamon

• pepper