trade kingdoms of africa

trade kingdoms of africa

10th - 11th Grade

16 Qs

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trade kingdoms of africa

trade kingdoms of africa

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History

10th - 11th Grade

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Charity Johnson

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Early African kingdoms such as Ghana (800s-1000CE) and Mali (1200-1450CE) made most of their wealth by
selling slaves to the Portuguese.
trading gold across the Sahara Desert.
trading salt for silk across the Indian Ocean.
raiding European ships sailing in the Atlantic.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?
Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana
Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which region of Africa is characterized by semi-arid, flat grasslands which are home to small villages of subsistence farmers?
the Sahel
the Sahara
the savanna
the Altiplano

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network?
Silk Roads
Trans-Saharan
Trans-Atlantic
Mediterranean Route

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

From the 1000s CE through the 1400s CE, which of these goods would have been LEAST likely to have traveled out of western Africa towards the east along the trans-Saharan trade route?
gold
salt
silver
slaves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What would Sundiata and Mansa Musa have in common?
Both converted to Christianity.
Both made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa.
Both established a new kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa.

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