Q2 Africa Quiz

Which trade empire(s) grew wealthy by taxing traders who traveled through it?

• Ghana

• Zimbabwe

• Kongo

• Mali

The trade between North Africa and West Africa was known as

• the Trans-Saharan Trade

• the Silk Road

• the Spice Route

• None of the above

What trade items were brought from the North to Mali to trade?

• salt

• cloth

• silver

• gunpowder

What does the term sub-Saharan Africa refer to?

• Africa below the Sahara desert

• Africa in the desert region

• Africa above the Sahara desert

During what time period were there powerful West African trading empires?

• 100- 600 CE

• 500 to 1000 CE

• 400 to 1600 CE

• 800 to 1600 CE

Which two areas of the world depended on gold from West Africa?

• America and Europe

• Europe and Asia

• Persia and America

• none of the above

Which is NOT evidence of the importance of Islam in West Africa?

• the use of the Arabic language

• the mosques

• Islamic scholarship

• The study of ancient Greek thought

Which climate zone is largely grassland with tall grasses and scattered trees?

• Savanna

• Rain forest

• Sahel

• Mediterranean

A group of traveling merchants and animals is called a

• caste

• caravan

• griot

• lineage

Kilwa was

• an East Africa trading state

• a West African trading empire

• a North Africa trading state

• a South African trading empire