West African Empires (QUIZ)

Spoken records of the past

• oral history

• Sahel

• animism

Storytellers of early West Africa

• sahel

• griot

• animism

strip of land that separates the Sahara from the savanna

• sahel

• griot

• oral history

Which river ran through the West African Empires?

• Congo

• Niger

• Nile

Which vegetation zone was best for farming?

• savanna

• sahel

• Sahara

City that became the center for culture, trade, and education.

• Timbuktu

• Madagascar

• Cairo

What product had the same value as gold in Medieval Africa?

• salt

• silk

• cotton

Which religion impacted the laws of the Mali kingdom?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

King of the Mali Empire

• Mansa Musa

• Tunka Manin

• Sunni Ali

Home to the world's largest desert and longest river

• Africa

• Asia

• South America