West Africa

All of these were early African empires EXCEPT

• Mali

• Sudan

• Ghana

• Songhay

An empire is

• a territory ruled by a king and queen

• a nation ruled by a president and vice president

• many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader

• none of the above

West Africa was known for trading

• Pepper and Salt

• Gold and Silver

• Salt and Gold

• None of the above

The biggest, hottest desert in the world is the

• Sahara Desert

• Savannah Desert

• Hot Desert

• Dry Desert

A grassy plain with few trees is a

• desert

• grassland

• rainforest

• savanna

A forest with tall trees, warm climates, and lots of rain

• tropical rainforest

• grasslands

• savanna forest

• sahara desert

An area characterized by the types of plants that grow there is a

• Vegetation Region

• Garden

• Desert

• Grassland

An African Tribal Storyteller is a

• Reader

• Author

• Griot

• Muslim

Someone who practices the religion of Islam is a

• Muslim

• African

• Sherpa

• Trader

Information from the past that you get from people talking to each other is

• written history

• artifacts

• conversation

• oral history