Africa in the Middle Ages

Which city in Africa gerw its wealth almost exclusively through the trade of salt?

• Timbuktu

• Saleh

• Mecca

• Benin

What are the 3 main empires that occurred in West Africa?

• Mali, Ghana, Songhai

• Abbasid, Omayyad, Mai

• Mali, Songhai, Zanzibar

• Ghana, Nigeria, Congo

Based on the map and your knowledge of West African history, which statement explains the reason cities developed in these empires?

• Cities' universities attracted students from many lands who moved them study.

• Cities had large agricultural markets and technologically advanced tools needed by farmers.

• Cities attracted missionaries who sought to spread religion further throughout West Africa.

• Cities' resources were in high demand and an overland trade route connected them to North Africa.

Which civilization best completes the heading of the partial outline.

I. ______________________

A. Spread of Islam

B. Gold and Salt Trade

C. Growth of Timbuktu

D. Pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.

• Benin

• Kush

• Mali

• Ghana

Based on the map, which conclusion can best be drawn about his region?

• The Sahara Desert acted as a barrier to trade.

• Rivers served as the primary trade routes for the entire region.

• The economy of the region was influenced by extensive trade connections.

• Goods from the Gulf of Guinea were exchanged directed with English cities.

What African river was so vital to WEST African states of past and present is being shown on the map?

• Nile River

• Congo River

• Niger River

• Sudan River

Which conclusion can be drawn from the information provided by the map?

• Songhai was the only inhabited area of Africa.

• The Sahara Desert blocked Songhai's trade with other parts of Africa.

• Songhai traded exclusively with central and eastern Africa.

• Rivers and overland trade routes helped Songhai become powerful.

The excerpt describes an example of West African culture.

"Sundiata was the boy-king who overcame great hardship to found the Mali empire in thirteenth century West Africa...

...The epic is traditionally performed by a griot, or keeper of oral traditions. Griots also act as recorders of deeds and lawyers, tracking arguments and agreements and transfers of land and property.

Which statement explains the reason griots became honored in West Africa?

• Griots became leaders of local religions.

• Griots guided groups to look to the future.

• West African cultures relied on past customs.

• West African economies benefited from the sales of stories.

Aside from trading goods, what else was passed between African merchants across western Africa?

• Diseases such as bubonic plague.

• Cultural and religious practices.

• Different forms of money.

• None of these.

"When I went out to meet him, this is on behalf of the Egyptian sultan al-Malik al Nasir, he did me the extreme honor and treated me with greatest courtesy...Then he forwarded to the royal treasury many loads of un-worked native gold and other valuables. I tried to persuade him to go up to the Citadel to meet the sultan, but he refused persistently saying, "I came here for the Pilgrimage and nothing else. I do not wish to mix anything else with my Pilgrimage." While he was here, he flooded Cairo with his gifts. He left no holder of the royal office without the gift of a load of gold. The Egyptian people of Cairo made incalculable profits out of him and his caravan buying, selling, giving, and taking."

Who is the person being interviewed talking about?

• al Malik al Nasir

• Al-Umari

• Cairo

• Mansa Musa