trade kingdoms of africa

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.

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

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

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 Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network?

• Silk Roads
• Trans-Saharan
• Trans-Atlantic
• Mediterranean Route

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

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.

In African history, the main purpose of a "griot" was to

• Play instruments and keep alive the music of the people.
• 
  Tell stories and keep alive the history of the people.
• Teach math and science  and keep alive the education of the people.
• Perform surgeries and keep people and alive.

Which of these statements best describes the Songhai  Empire?

• largest empire in south Africa,  had very little power, lead by Mansa Musa.
• weakest empire in west Africa, very little commerce.
  
• largest empire in south Africa,  had very little power, lead by Sundiata Keita.
  
• largest empire in west Africa, lead by Sonni Ali, Timbuktu was its capital, center of commerce and learning.
  

Swahili is a blend of what two languages?

• Bantu and English

• Groot and French

• Bantu and Arabic

• Arabic and French