West Africa Review

Why was salt such an important trade good in West Africa?

• West Africans gave salt to their animals.
• West Africans used it to preserve food.
• Salt was used in the animist religious rituals.
• It was used by families as a cleansing agent,

This was not a West African Kingdom

• Songhai
• Mali
• Ghana
• Morocco

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

• Askia

• Mansa Musa

• Jeff Bezos

• Sundiata

This is the semi-desert region between the Sahara and the rest of Africa

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Sundiata

• Snow

This was the capitol of Mali and an important city of trade. Legends of this city, which some though was built on the edge of the world, persisted for centuries

• Cairo

• Gao

• Timbuktu

• Musa

This river valley supported West Africa civilizations

• Niger
• Nile
• Congo
• Yellow

This desert splits North Africa from the rest of Africa

• Gobi

• Mojave

• Arabian

• Sahara

Which of these is the region of West Africa

• A
• B
• C
• D

This region of Africa is mostly grassland

• Savannah
• Sahara
• Sahel
• Sundiata

Place the West African kingdoms in their correct order

• 1. Mali 2. Ghana 3. Songhai

• 1. Ghana 2. Mali 3. Songhai

• 1. Songhai 2. Mali 3. Ghana

• 1. Mali 2. Songhai 3. Ghana