Final Review: Asia, Africa and Americas

Gold was transported from West Africa to East Africa through the —

• Silk Road

• Trans-Saharan routes

• Black Sea

• Maritime routes

The geography of Japan is

• a desert stretching across the entire country

• a high plateau

• mostly forest and rivers

• a mountainous archipelago

Chinese influences on Japanese culture included

• Ship building

• governmental organization

• writing, architecture and Buddhism

• medicine

Many ancient Japanese followed the teachings of these two religions:

• Christianity and Buddhism
• Buddhism and Shintoism
• Hinduism and Shintoism
• Shintoism and Islam

Shinto is

• An ancient religion of Japan

• A type of Japanese fish

• Another name for Japan

• A Japanese house

The trade of which two products shaped the early history of North and West Africa?

• ivory and salt
• salt and gold
• silk and gold
• spices and ivory

List the West African Kingdoms in the correct chronological order starting with the earliest and ending with the latest.

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana 
• Ghana, Mali,  Songhai
• Songhai, Mali,  Ghana
• Axum, Mali, Zimbabwe

A great southern African trading port was _________.

• Zimbabwe
• Zanzibar
• Zelda
• Egypt

Who was the greatest ruler of Mali?

• Mansa Musa

• Justinian

• King Tut

• Cleopatra

Timbuktu was known as:

• The capital of the Byzantine Empire

• A center of Islamic trade and learning

• A major trading city on the Nile River

• A colony of Italy