Medieval Africa Review

The trans-Saharan trade increased after about 300 C.E. as a result of the

• growth of cities

• discovery of salt

• population increase

• introduction of camles

Early travelers describe Ghana as a land of...

• gold

• taxes

• oases

• wonder

People who lived in the southern forests had to trade to get which essential product?

• salt

• gold

• leather

• iron

Which term best describes a job of a griot?

• trading goods

• carving masks

• curing disease

• keeping records

In which language were most of the earliest books written in West Africa?

• Latin

• Arabic

• Mande

• Egyptian

What is the best title for the list below? balafon, ngoni, kora

• Styles of West African Folktales

• Dances in West Africa Rituals

• West African Musical Instruments

• West African traditional ceremonies

Islam was first brought to West Africa by

• slave raiders

• armed nomads

• caravan traders

• religious refugees

Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was too

• Too rocky

• Too dry
• Too large

• too hilly

What is the main reason why people in different vegetation zones traded with each other?

• Large empires ruled over different zones

• Different resources were found in each zone

• The Niger River passed through different zones

• The zones wew home to different cultural groups

Compared to the West African savanna, the Sahel has

• better soil

• taller grass

• more cattle

• less rainfall