West African Kingdoms

The image above illustrates Trans-Saharan trade.  What made this trade so important?

• Required merchants to cross the Saharan Desert
• Trade of gold and salt made Arabs and Africans wealthy
• Without this trade, merchants would have nothing to sell
• Trans Saharan trade began the Slave trade

The city of Timbuktu was important because...

• It was located on the Niger River
• It was the trading center for cloth and copper
• It was located near the Atlantic Ocean
• It was the trading center for gold and salt

Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...

• He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa
• He controlled the gold and salt trade
• He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth
• He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.

What is the best definition of Trans Saharan trade?

• Trade through the Saharan Desert
• Trade below the Saharan Desert
• Trade around the Saharan Desert
• Trade above the Saharan Desert

Islam was easily adopted by the Africans because it treated every Muslim equally, regardless of color.

• True
• False

Which of the following is the CORRECT order of the West African Kingdoms?

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana
• Ghana, Songhai, Mali
• Songhai, Ghana, Mali
• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

The river that was considered life to West Africa was 

• Nile
• Niger
• Congo
• Tigris

_____ was the first of the great trading states to emerge in the area south of the Sahara in West Africa.

• Ghana

• Axum

• Nubia

• Sierra Leone

Which of the following factors is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa?

• It had extremely productive agriculture
• It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region
• It traded extensively with European countries
• It was the first African empire to industrialize

What animal helped merchants cross the Sahara Desert?

• Horses
• Camels
• Mules
• Elephants