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West Africa Study Guide

Authored by Jordan Yager

History

7th Grade

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West Africa Study Guide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?

Mail, Axum, Zimbabwe

Ghana,Mali, Songhia

Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana

Timbuktu, Djenne, Mali

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which would be the best example of cultural diffusion resulting from Ghana's trade relationship with the Middle East?

Gold and salt were traded for textiles and cloth

Traders faced difficulties crossing the Sahara desert

Warfare resulted between Ghanna and the Muslim kingdoms

Islam quickly became the dominant religion in the empire.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kingdom conquered the Mali Empire, built the cities of Timbuktu and Gao, and is considered the largest and most powerful of the ancient African kingdoms?

Asikya

Dendi

Ghana

Songhai

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The African king Sundiata was responsible for

allowing the slave trade

establishing the Mali Empire

converting Africa to Christianity

leading Zulu forces against England

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network

Silk Roads

Trans-Saharan

Trans-Atlantic

Mediterranean Route

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The BEST explanation for how Islam spread in sub-Saharan Africa is

marriage

monasticism

trade

warfare

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What African River was so vital to west African states of past and present?

Nile River

Niger River

Congo River

Zambezi River

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