West Africa Quiz Review

The West African empires of Mali and Ghana were established near this river:

• Niger River
• Nile River
• Tigris River
• Tiber River

Mansa Musa, Mali's greatest ruler, did all the following EXCEPT:

• made a pilgrimage (hajj) to Makkah.
• rejected Islam in favor of traditional West African beliefs.
• brought teachers, poets, Muslim books and medical knowledge to Mali.
• put the kingdom of Mali on the map with his display of wealth and power.

What was the first major African trading kingdom?

• Mali

• Ghana

• Songhai

• Zimbabwe

Mansa Musa practiced what religion?

• Christianity

• Indigenous African religion

• Islam

• Buddhism

Put these African trading kingdoms in the correct chronological order.

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Songhai, Ghana, Mali

• Mali, Ghana, Songhai

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

• Mecca

• Rome

• Los Angeles

• Timbuktu

He was a king of the Mali empire and was considered the richest man to ever live.

• Mansa Musa

• Askia Muhammad

• Suni Ali

• Pumba

Trade routes to Asia, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, and architectures building mosques are reasons for the arrival of what religion to West Africa.

• Christianity
• Catholicism
• Protestantism
• Islam

These are the two valuable trade goods that made West Africa rich

• gold and salt

• silk and jade

• spices and tea

• silk and gold

This empire was dubbed "Land of Gold."

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai