Ch. 12 Kingdom of Ghana Quiz Part 2

The area of semidesert that is both south of the Sahara and has mild vegetations is called the

• Sahel
• Sahara Desert
• Niger River
• Rainforest

The Sahara was not a good place for large settlements because it

• is extremely dry
• rains too much
• has no mountains
• is mostly forest

The ______ is a vegetation zone of tall grasses and trees.

• Savannah
• Sahara Desert
• Niger River
• Rainforest

The ______is a long river in WEST Africa.

• Niger River
• Congo River
• Nile River
• Mississippi River

Why did people of West Africa trade with people from different areas?

• each vegetation zone had different resources
• they wanted to meet new people
• they were making scientific discoveries

In early West Africa, rivers like the Niger River were ________.

• trade routes
• battlefields
• floating homes

______ formed when family-based communities joined together with other families for help.

• villages
• cities
• kingdoms
• empires

Villages that controlled trade routes got rich by ________.

• taxing trade that happened in their village
• building cities
• going to war

Which of the following is a way rulers of the West African kingdom became wealthy?

• they collected taxes
• they raised armies and conquered other areas
• they collected tribute
• all of the above

TRUE OR FALSE: Africa is a country.

• true
• false