Portugese and West Africa (4c) Reading

Portugal was going to travel _____ around Africa to get to Asia.

• north

• east

• south

• west

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful West African empires by controlling ___ in West Africa.

• gold

• trade

• salt

• nuts

Ghana was called the ____ because it had an abundance of this precious metal.

• land of gold

• land of salt

• greatest empire

• Arab traders

Ghana was rich in gold, but lacked what important resource?

• gold

• salt

• koala nuts

• ivory

Arab traders would bring salt from what location to Ghana?

• Sahara

• Mali

• Songhai

• Ghana

Arab traders brought what religion to West Africa?

• Christianity

• Timbuktu

• Islam

• Buddhism

__ the capital of Mali, became the center for learning throughout the Muslim world.

• Timbuktu

• Muslim

• Ghana

• Arab

___ was the largest and most powerful West African Empire.

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Timbuktu

Followers of Islam are known as ____?

• Middle Eastern

• Muslims

• Arabs

• Christians

What were the three most powerful West African Empires during the Age of Exploration?

• Ghana, Mali, & Songhai

• Ghana, Timbuktu, & Songhai

• Muslim, Islam, & Arab