West African Empire Unit Test

Arab kingdoms influenced North Africa and brought the religion of _________ and the __________ language to north and west Africa.

• a. Christianity and English

• b. Islam and Arabic

• c. Catholicism and French

• d. Buddhism and Hindi

How did Ghana profit from traders?

• Capturing slaves

• Finding gold mines

• Taxing trade

• Selling fish

What brought Islam to West Africa?

• War
• Trade
• Emporers
• Crusades

Mansa Musa is most famous for..?

• converting to Christianity
• making a pilgrimage to Mecca
• ruling Songhai
• not being an efficient leader

Salt was a biologically important mineral found where in Africa?

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

West African empires were in a perfect spot to trade because they were in between 2 important natural resources:

• silver and diamonds
• silver and gold
• gold and rice
• gold and salt

The Muslim leader of Mali who supported education, spread Islam, and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca was

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Askia the Great

• Sunni Ali

The river that was considered life to West Africa was 

• Nile
• Niger
• Congo
• Tigris

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Gao
• Rome

What is a griot?

• pilgrimage to Mecca
• group of traders that travel together
• storytellers who pass down oral history
• exchanging of goods without direct contact