Ch 12 Sect 2 Review

What was Ghana?

• a city in West Africa

• a kingdom in West Africa

• a trans-Saharan trade route

• a Muslim group of North Africa

What animal changed trans-Saharan trade around A.D. 300?

• camels

• cattle

• donkeys

• horses

How did the people of Ghana increase the value of the gold they traded?

• by destroying gold to keep the price low

• by keeping the source of gold a secret

• by showing everyone the source of the gold

• by making more gold when supplies ran low

What religion did Berber traders introduce to West Africa?

• animism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Islam

Which Muslim group declared war on Ghana?

• the Almoravids

• the Berbers

• the Malinke

• the Songhai

Who was a great chief of the Malinke people?

• Askia Muhammad

• Songhai

• Sundiata

• Timbuktu

Who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?

• Askia Muhammad

• Mansa Musa

• Songhai

• Sundiata

Which best describes Songhai?

• a west African region that was known for warfare

• a city in west Africa

• a west African people whose main city was Gao; later became an empire

• an empire that preceded the establishment of Ghana

Which Songhai leader greatly expanded the empire’s area and was later banished to an island on the Niger River?

• Mali

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata

• Askia Muhammad

What was Askia Muhammad’s greatest achievement?

• capturing Koumbi Saleh, the former capital of Ghana

• making a famous pilgrimage to Mecca

• organizing the government of a vast empire

• seizing the territory of Mali