MODULE 4 WEST AFRICA TEST REVIEW

Arabs had to cross this geographic feature to trade with West Africa.

• Black Sea

• Madagascar

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

Although Timbuktu was known as a trade center, it later became more important as a city for Islamic learning.

• True

• False

Islam spread to West Africa because of...

• caliphs who demanded that West Africa be conquered.

• merchants who traveled across the desert.

• military conquest by Arab armies.

• sailors who accidentally sailed up the Senegal River.

Regional trade cities grew around which major geographic feature?

• Ghana River

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Senegal River

The first, and smallest, of the West African Empires was...

• Ghana

• Kenya

• Mali

• Songhai

The Niger River was important to commerce because it helped merchants...

• farm their crops.

• learn Arabic by exposing them to Arab merchants.

• sail away from bandits.

• transport goods around the empire.

What is the name of the trade routes that connect North and West Africa?

• Cross-Saharan Trade Route

• Gold-Saharan Trade Route

• Trans-Saharan Trade Route

• Sub-Saharan Trade Route

A group of people and animals who move together to provide mutual support is called a...

• caravan

• force

• griot

• train

A person in the village who keeps and tells stories is called a...

• berber

• chief

• elder

• griot

Griots were the keepers of...

• abstract tradition

• Arabic language

• oral history

• written history