Early African Kingdoms

The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires were all considered great "Trading Empires" because they were involved in the:

• trading of tobacco and cotton.

• trading of salt and gold.

• trading of slaves.

• trading of ideas and information.

Which city in Mali became the center of learning and Islam?

• Koumbi

• Gao

• Jenne-jenno

• Timbuktu

What two physical features cover most of Africa?

• plains and deserts

• savannas and rainforests

• deserts and rainforests

• deserts and savannas

How did Islam impact the cultures of West Africa?

• The people became polytheistic, they built cathedrals, they wrote in heiroglyphics

• The people became monotheistic, built mosques. used Arabic writing

• The people became monotheistic, built cathedrals, used Sanskrit writing

• The people became monotheistic, studied Latin, and went on hajj to Rome

Mansa Musa's country of Mali was also rich in resources like.....

• Gold and Salt

• Iron and Food

• Slaves and weapons

• Camels and Books

The first Bantu-speaking people lived in what is now Nigeria and Cameroon. Bantu-speaking people began migrating south and east out of this area. What was the effect of this migration?

• The Bantus converted other Africans to Christianity.

• The Bantu language was spread throughout Africa.

• The Bantu culture spread out of Africa to Asia.

• The Bantus created the most powerful empire in western Africa.

What religion did Mansa Musa practice?

• Islam
• Christiantity
• Animism

The West African kingdom that became wealthy through taxing passersby was 

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Benin

Mansa Musa brought these back from his famous pilgrimage.

• guns
• scholars and architects
• Berbers
• slaves

What part of Africa did the Bantu migration spread to?

• Eastern and Northern

• Eastern and Southern

• Northern and Southern

• Southern and Central