Western Africa

Which two natural resources led to the rise of all the western African kingdoms?

• Salt and Gold
• Salt and Diamonds
• Silver and Gold
• Platinum and DIamonds

What was one Ghana profited from the trade industry?

• They charged traders taxes to pass through. 
• They charged sales tax on the goods being traded. 
• They controlled the trade and made all the profits. 
• They did not permit trade.

These people told the history and folktales of Africa before they began writing it down. 

• Griots
• Prophets
• Diviners
• Savages

This country seized power from Ghana around 1200. 

• Mali
• Songhai
• Zimbabwe
• Axum

Around 1464 this country seized power of the region from Mali. 

• Songhai
• Ghana
• Axum
• Zimbabwe

This became a major city of trade and learning in all the western kingdoms. 

• Timbuktu
• Bantu
• Berin
• Egypt

This ocean is on the west of Africa.

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Mediterannean

This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

• Mecca
• Rome
• Los Angeles
• Timbuktu

How did West Africans record their history.

• orally
• in books
• on tape
• with hyroglyphs

He was a king of the Mali empire and was considered the richest man to ever live.

• Mansa Musa
• Askia Muhammad
• Suni Ali
• Pumba