West African Kingdoms

The Sahara is the world's largest what?

• Rain Forest

• Savannah

• Desert

• Ship

Who was the greatest of all the Songhai emperors?

• Sunny Ali

• Morocco

• Coach DeBruhl

• Askia Muammed

What animals was used by travelers on the Sahara because it needed little water?

• Horse

• Camel

• Donkey

• Gorilla

One of the two main rivers in West Africa is the?

• Niger River

• Amazon River

• Missouri River

• Nile River

What is a raised flat region of land called?

• An Island

• A Plateau

• A Peninsula

• A Continent

What were the two main trade goods of West Africa?

• Diamonds and Salt

• Gold and Diamonds

• Salt and Sandstone

• Gold and Salt

What were the three main empires that developed in West Africa?

• Sahara, Savannah, and Mali

• Sudan, Iraq, and Mesopotamia

• Mali, Ghana, and Songhai

• Songhai, Italy, and Greece

In West African culture, what were Griots?

• Storytellers and Historians

• Priests and Kings

• Traders and Farmers

• Poets and Dancers

Drumming that combines two or more rhythms is called?

• Polyrhythmic

• Honorable

• Dancing

• Powerful

This is what Vegetation zone in Africa?

• Sahara/desert

• Savanna/Grasslands

• Mediterranean

• Rainforest