Africa

What river did West Africans use for water, farming, and trade?

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Congo River

• Zambezi River

What major geographical feature did merchants have to cross in order to trade in West Africa?

• Niger River

• Congo River

• Sahara Desert

• Sahel Desert

What region of African is semiarid (fairly dry) and consists of a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas.

• Savannah

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Sub-Saharan

What region in Africa was moist with densely wooded forests?

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Rainforest

• Jungle

What area was made up of grasslands with scattered trees?

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Rainforests

Sub-Saharan Africa is an area

• south of the Sahara desert with mighty rivers.

• east of the Sahara desert with large plateaus and mountains.

• west of the Sahara desert with large rifts or valleys.

• in the Sahara desert that have sand dunes as high as mountain rifts.

What did Ghana use iron for?

• Farming and Weapons

• Jewelry and Farming

• Jewelry and Coins

• Weapons and Coins

The two most traded items in West Africa

• Cotton and Iron

• Cotton and Gold

• Salt and Iron

• Salt and Gold

Which of the following was not a reason why salt was so important to West Africans?

• It gave food more flavor to eat

• It was used to clear roads of snow

• It was needed in their diets

• It was used to preserve foods

How did West African rulers gain money from merchant traders?

• Hired bandits to steal from their caravans.

• Forced them to buy camels and horses from the rulers.

• Forced them to give a portion of the items each time they left West Africa.

• Forced them to pay a special tax for each item traded.