West and North Africa's History

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

• Ghana

• Axum

• Nubia

• Sierra Leone

The _____ is the largest desert on Earth.

• Gobi

• Kalahari

• Sahara

• Mojave

The trade that took place in Ghana was ...

• iron, and weapons.

• salt and gold

• camels and horses

• peanuts and exotic candy

What is the African Savanna considered?

• Ocean

• Forest

• Grassland

• Tundra

Someone who is owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay.

• Apartheid

• Discrimination

• Slavery

• Friendship

What is this area that is 1/3 of Africa called?

• Zambezi River

• Congo Basin

• Sahara

• Nile River

The area that borders between the Sahara and the savanna.

• Congo Basin

• Lake Chad

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Sahel

In 1324, Mansa Musa left his empire of Mali to make a pilgrimage (hajj) to ____.

• Mecca

• Morocco

Mansa Musa destroyed the economy of what city by giving out so much gold.

• Istanbul

• Cairo

• Mecca

The people of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai traded their gold for

• iron, out of which they would fashion highly desired tools and weapons.

• salt, which was used to preserve food and improve its taste.

• camels, so they did not have to rely on the Berbers to transport their goods.

• peanuts, from which they made delicious foods.