History of West & Central Africa

What did West Africans trade to North Africans in exchange for salt?

• camels

• gold

• silver

• masks

What do colonialism and imperialism both require?

• one country giving money to another

• two countries sharing resources

• one country ruling another country

• two countries working together

Which of the following was an effect of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on West and Central Africa?

• it decreased the population of the region

• it led to an increase in wars

• more manufactured goods were produced

• agriculture became more profitable

Why did Mansa Musa go to Mecca?

• to go on a religious pilgrimage

• to go on a military campaign

• to trade masks for ivory

• to escape his enemies

To what idea does Pan-Africanism refer?

• All African ethnic groups should have their own country.

• All Africans should speak a European language like French or English.

• All Africans should be united, regardless of ethnicity.

• Nigeria should be the dominant country in Africa

What natural resource attracted other nations to trade with West and Central Africa around A.D. 750?

• copper

• gold

• silver

• salt

What aspect of Africa’s physical geography drew European nations to want to colonize Africa in the 1880s?

• the region’s rich natural resources

• the desire for prestige

• larger markets for European goods

• the goal of spreading European culture

During the period when Arab traders came to West and Central Africa to trade, they changed the culture of the region by bringing

• a new style of music.

• technology like the printing press.

• the religion of Islam.

• enslaved people to work on the farms.

Enslaved Africans traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to America by way of the

• salt trade route.

• middle passage.

• African passage.

• African pilgrimage.

The political movement that brought Africans together in the 1950s was known as

• imperialism.

• the salt trade.

• colonialism.

• Pan-Africanism.