WHI.10d African Kingdoms Review

Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14th century Mali, is most remembered for

• defending his African kingdom from slave traders.
  
• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.
  
• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

The kingdom of Great Zimbabwe was located in what part of Africa?

• southeastern region
• northeastern region
• southwestern region
• northwestern region

The greatest geographic obstacle to the spread of Islam in the 7th Century was

• dense rainforest
• expansive deserts
• Indian Ocean
• river systems

Which of these had the greatest impact on West African kingdoms (400-1000CE)?

• the Bubonic Plague
  
• European slavery
• trans-Atlantic trade
• trans-Saharan trade

Early African kingdoms such as Ghana and Mali made most of their wealth by

• 
  trading silver across the Sahara Desert.
• 
  trading gold across the Sahara Desert.
• 
  trading silver across the Mojave Desert.
• 
  trading gold across the Mojave Desert.

What animal was used to trade in Africa?

• Horses
• Camels
• Elephants
• Birds

_____ was the first of the great trading states to emerge in the area south of the Sahara in West Africa.

• Ghana
• Axum
• Nubia
• Sierra Leone

Which of the following factors is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa?

• It had extremely productive agriculture
• It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region
• It traded extensively with European countries
• It was the first African empire to industrialize

The trade of which two products shaped the early history of North and West Africa?

• ivory and salt
• salt and gold
• silk and gold
• spices and ivory

What is the name of the huge desert that covers northern Africa?

• Sahara
• Arabian
• Gobi
• Kalahari