Q1/U3 (West African Trade Kingdoms Slavery) review

How did the development of trade influence the West African Kingdoms?

• Growth and spread of religion

• Increased economic success

• Destruction of neighboring kingdoms

• Increased European interaction through cultural diffusion

• Arabic-African culture traits mixing in East African cities

how did geography influence the rise of the West African Kingdoms?

• Kingdoms utilized the resources in the area for economic profit

• Natural geographic features protected West African kingdoms for centuries

• Geography did not affect the rise of African kingdoms.

• West African kingdoms exceeded the wealth of the Europeans.

Which of the following best explains the usefulness of the practice of silent barter?

• Silent barter often allowed traders to take advantage of the people they were trading with.

• Silent barter ensured that trading was peaceful and allowed for people who spoke different languages to trade.

• Silent barter allowed mimes to participate in auctions.

• Silent barter was the best method to keep the cost of trades to a minimum.

Which of the following best illustrates a similarity between the development of the Ghana and Mali empires?

• Both empires took advantage of large diamond mines within their empires to fund their armies.

• Both empires were formed by democracies.

• Both empires were helped by outsiders.

• Both empires lay along the upper Niger River, where fertile soil made food plentiful.

The trade of which two items contributed to the development of the Ghana empire?

• diamonds

• Salt

• gold

• iron

• ivory

How did Ghana become such a powerful state?

• Ghana owned more salt than other states.

• Leaders in Ghana formed alliances with other groups of people.

• It had the strongest army in all of Africa.

• It gained control of the Trans Saharan trade routes.

• It conquered Egypt and controlled the its trans Saharan trade routes

What was significant about the location of the Ghana Empire?

• It had access to the Atlantic Ocean and therefore valuable maritime shipping routes.

• It was located between the gold mines in the south and salt resources in the north which allowed for economic prosperity.

• The empire was isolated from other empires, keeping it safe from attacks.

• Most of the empire was located in the mountains overlooking other empires.

• Its location between the salt mines in the south and the gold mines in the north allowed for economic prosperity

What was the main trade good exchanged for enslaved Africans as a part of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade?

• guns and money

• salt

• gold

• silk

• tea and spices

Choose all that apply: Which of the following was not a way Mansa Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali?

• encouraging the building of mosques and displaying Muslim art

• outlawing all religious practice except for Islam

• stressed the importance of learning Arabic

• stressed the importance of reading the Torah

• stressed the importance of reading the Quran

How did the location of cities in the West African empires of Ghana and Mali influence their growth?

• Their location in river valleys allowed for extensive trading.

• Their coastal location made the cities major ports for maritime trade.

• Their location on major trade routes allowed them to prosper economically.

• Their mountainous location made the cities easily defensible.

• Natural geographic features such as the Sahara Desert and Niger River protected and provided for West African kingdoms for centuries