West Africa Review

This is the northernmost geographic region of Africa and has the largest hot desert in the world

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Savanna

• Saskatchewan

The geographic region is the strip of land that gets very little rainfall and divides the desert from the grasslands and other wetter areas in the south.

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Savanna

• Saskatchewan

This region in Africa is an area of wide open grasslands and scattered trees.

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Saskatchewan

• Savanna

What were the two most commonly traded natural resources between West and North Africa?

• Salt and Wood

• Gold and Wood

• Salt and Gold

• Gold and Silver

Salt was considered to be most valuable because...

• It preserved their food

• It was good for their diet

• It helped people survive the harsh climate

• All of these choices

What was the system of trade that went between Northern and Western Africa called?

• Trans-Continental Trade Routes

• Trans-Sahelian Trade Routes

• Trans-Atlantic Trade Routes

• Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

Trade between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula resulted in this religion spreading throughout northern and western Africa...

• Islam

• Animism

• Animalism

• Christianity

Traditional African Religions had the following in common (choose 3)

• Belief in 1 god with many lesser gods

• Only eating certain foods that were "clean"

• Belief in ancestral spirits

• Sacrifice

• Belief in Voodoo

What is the belief that all things on earth - rocks, trees, animals, etc. - have spirits that can either help or harm you?

• Animalism

• Animism

• Shintoism

• Islamism

What is the term used for West Africa when all members of a family (mother, father, siblings, and close relatives) lived together under one roof?

• Regional family

• Labor Specialization

• Labor family

• Extended family