West African Review

Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt

Which kingdom came into power after Ghana?

• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt

Which river would have been the MOST used by the West African kingdoms?

• Nile
• Niger
• Tigris
• Euphrates

Which kingdom broke free from Mali, created an Islamic empire, and then conquered Mali?

• Songhai
• Ghana
• Egypt
• Mali

People in North Africa were able to control the trade of which important mineral?

• salt
• gold
• slaves
• silver

What is the Qur'an?

• Christianity's holy book
• Islam's holy book
• Judaism's holy book
• Hinduism's holy book

Who was Muhammad to Islam?

• A prophet or Messenger
• he wrote the Qur'an
• he founded and helped spread Islam
• all of these

Ghana was located between which two mines?

• gold

• coal

• diamond

• salt

In addition to controlling the mines, what was another way Ghana proted from trade?

• They charged sales tax on good being traded.

• They charged a fee for traders to pass through the kingdom.

• They controlled all the trade and profited from every transaction.

• They did not permit trade.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in--

• West America

• Spain

• West Africa

• England