W. African Kingdoms

List the 3 West African kingdoms in chronological order.

• Ghana, Mali and Songhai
• Mali, Songhai and Ghana
• Songhai, Ghana and Mali
• Ghana, Songhai and Mali

What large body of water borders Africa to the north?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea

What physical feature of Africa impeded the movement of people, goods and ideas?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Sahara Desert

West Africa built universities to educate the people so they could read the Quran. What language did they have to learn? 

• Hebrew
• Greek
• Arabic
• Latin

What West African trade good was used to preserve meat prior to refrigeration?

• Ivory
• Salt
• Gold
• Ice

This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

• Mecca

• Rome

• Los Angeles

• Timbuktu

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

• millet

• salt

• books

• textiles

How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?

• by selling salt
• by converting to Islam
• by taxing trade
• by trading camels

This king of Mali is thought to be the richest person that ever lived

• Askia

• Mansa Musa

• Jeff Bezos

• Sundiata

Which of these is the region of West Africa

• A
• B
• C
• D