Lesson 16 and 17 Practice

The West African kingdom that became wealthy through taxing passersby was 

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Benin

Who is known for spreading Islam into Mali?

• Muhammad
• Jesus
• Mansa Musa
• Sundiata Kieta

Which is the correct order, according to time and size?

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

The river that was considered life to West Africa was 

• Nile
• Niger
• Congo
• Tigris

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Gao
• Rome

What is a caravan?

• pilgrimage to Mecca
• group of traders that travel together
• storytellers who pass down oral history
• exchanging of goods without direct contact

Which two products were the most valuable trade items for the kingdoms of West Africa?

• gold and grain
• cotton and kola nuts
• gold and salt
• salt and cattle

Mansa Musa was leader of which West African trading empire?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Axum

How did West Africans record their history.

• orally
• in books
• on tape
• with hyroglyphs

From the 1000s CE through the 1400s CE, which of these goods would have been LEAST likely to have traveled out of western Africa towards the east along the trans-Saharan trade route?

• gold
• salt
• silver
• slaves