MODULE 4 WEST AFRICA TEST REVIEW

Arab merchants had to cross this geographic feature to trade with West Africa.

• Gulf of Guinea

• Gobi Desert

• 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

• Tigris River

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 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

The Mali king who gave away Mali's gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca was...

• Mansa Musa

• Muhammad Musa II

• Sundiata

• Sunni Ali

A famous Mali king went on a pilgrimage. What is a pilgrimage?

• a religious journey

• a trade journey

• a military journey

• a political journey

Which geographic feature correctly identifies 'B'?

• Gulf of Guinea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Persian Gulf

• Red Sea