Songhai Empire

Where was the Empire of Songhai located?

• in Arabia

• in West Africa

• in Eastern Europe

• in Asia

Which geographic feature was located to the north and was where salt was mined?

• Congo Rainforest

• Alps Mountains

• Sahara Desert

• Amazon Rainforest

Which two goods were traded along the trans-Saharan routes?

• silk and spices

• silver and bronze

• jewels and pottery

• gold and salt

Who did Sunni Ali drive out to establish the kingdom of Songhai?

• North African Berbers

• Arabian sunnis

• Scandinavian Vikings

• Central Asian Mongols

Who was the first king of Songhai that re-established the trans-Saharan trade?

• Askia Muhammad

• Suleyman

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

Which of the following was an achievement of Askia Muhammad?

• Organizing a modern-day government

• inventing the camel caravan way of travel

• developing the trans-Saharan slave trade

• driving Islamic ideas out of Songhai

Which of the following were advancements made under Askia Muhammad

• Organized government

• spreading Islamic culture

• new libraries and universities

• all of the above

Which of the following are reasons for the decline of Songhai?

• Weakened leadership

• Leaders fought each other for power

• Moroccan army took over the empire

• all of the above

Which of the following is a reason Songhai was important?

• spread Christianity

• spread Judiasm

• spread Islamic culture

• spread Buddhism

True or False: In Songhai's capital city of Gao, libraries were filled with thousands of books.

• True

• False