A group of people descended from the same ancestor is a

• generation

• clan

• community

• team

What is one reason Ghana grew wealthy?

• farming techniques

• strong education

• kept a big army with iron weapons

• weak leadership

African storytellers are called

• griots

• priests

• shaman

• author

What religion spread from Arabia into Africa beginning in the A.D. 600's?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Daoism

• Christianity

What type of culture traces its descent through its mothers?

• matrilineal

• patrilinial

• omnilineal

• terelineal

Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt

Mansa Musa is most famous for..?

• converting to Christianity
• making a pilgrimage to Mecca
• ruling Songhai
• not being an efficient leader

Which kingdom came into power after Ghana?

• Mali
• Songhai
• Egypt
• Ghana Dos 

Which kingdom broke free from Mali, created an Islamic empire, and then conquered Mali?

• Songhai
• Ghana
• Egypt
• Mali

The very important set of trade routes in Northern Africa were the ____ trade routes.

• Silk Road
• Trans-Sahara
• Sub-Sahara
• Asiatic