Lesson 15/16

Who inherited the kingdom of Ghana when the king died?

• His dad
• His mom
• The son of the king's sister
• The king's cousin

Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt

Which vegetation zone of Africa is semi-arid, has flat grasslands, mostly small farmers live there, and 3 major kingdoms developed in it?

• savanna
• sahel
• desert
• forest

Salt was a biologically important mineral found where in Africa?

• Northern Sahara desert
• the rainforest
• Zimbabwe
• the sahel

The very important set of trade routes in Northern Africa were the ____ trade routes.

• Silk Road
• Trans-Sahara
• Sub-Sahara
• Asiatic

Which vegetation zone stood between the West African kingdoms and Egypt and would have made trade between the two very difficult?

• sahara desert
• sahel
• congo rainforest
• savanna

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

• Nile
• Niger
• Tigris
• Euphrates

Which kingdom came into power after Ghana?

• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt
• Ghana Dos 

What were the two highly valuable resources that Ghana imported and exported?

• Salt and Gold

• Salt and Pepper

• Salt and Silver

• Gold and Sugar

How did the empire of Ghana become rich?

• trade routes
• taxing traders
• mining gold 
• trading salt