African Civilizations Test Review

African storytellers were

• Axum.

• Niger.

• griots.

• plateau.

• Mansa Musa.

This kingdom owed its power to its location on the Red Sea.

• Axum.

• Niger.

• griots.

• plateau.

• Mansa Musa.

An area of high flat land is known as a

• Axum.

• Niger.

• griots.

• plateau.

• Mansa Musa.

The river that supported trade in West Africa was the

• Axum.

• Niger.

• griots.

• plateau.

• Mansa Musa.

The ruler who doubled the size of Mali was

• Axum.

• Niger.

• griots.

• plateau.

• Mansa Musa.

Africa's savannas

• cover only 10% of the land.

• are good for raising herds of animals.

• are good for growing yams.

• are cool and rainy.

The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of

• food.

• leather.

• ivory.

• water.

What great warrior king, called "The Lion Prince," ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Timbuktu

This African zone produces a surplus of crops.

• rain forests

• savannas

• Mediterranean

• desert

The great trading center of Zimbabwe reached from south of the Zambezi River to the

• Indian Ocean.

• Mediterranean Sea.

• Niger River.

• Nile River.