Africa Quiz

Desert must you cross on "death road?

• Sahara Desert
• Conquest, Offspring, Purchase
• Islam
• Gold, Salt, Slaves

Longest river in Africa

• Nile River
• Sahara Desert
• Conquest, Offspring, Purchase
• Islam

West African empire became wealthy off gold and taxes paid by merchant travelers, which led it to be known as the "crossroads of trade"

• Ghana
• Nile River
• Sahara Desert
• Conquest, Offspring, Purchase

West African empire grew after Ghana fell and reestablished the salt and gold trade

• Mali
• Ghana
• Nile River
• Sahara Desert

West African empire conquered the most land and ruled for 100 years until the Moroccans defeated them in 1591

• Songhai
• Mali
• Ghana
• Nile River

West African city became a leading commercial and cultural setting that celebrated mathematics, religion, and the arts

• Timbuktu
• Songhai
• Mali
• Ghana

Mansa Musa was the Muslim leader from this West African Empire

• Mali

• Timbuktu

• Songhai

• Ghana

Goods traded from the West African Empires

• Gold, Salt, Slaves
• Mali
• Timbuktu
• Songhai

Religious empire helped to expand the slave trade in Africa

• Islam
• Gold, Salt, Slaves
• Mali
• Timbuktu

Ways people obtained slaves in Africa

• Conquest, Offspring, Purchase
• Islam
• Gold, Salt, Slaves
• Mali