West African Kingdoms

Which kingdoms were the major kingdoms in West Africa? (multiple answers)

• Mali

• Dahr

• Niani

• Songhai

• Ghana

Which of the following lists accurately reflects the correct chronological order of the West African empires?

• Songhai, Nubia, Ghana

• Songhai, Mali, Ghana

• Timbuktu, Songhai, Mali

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Each of the following was a valuable trade good from West Africa except:

• gold

• horses

• slaves

• ivory

What caused the empire of Ghana to fall from power?

• diseases decimated the population

• the loss of trade

• a series of poor leaders

• the slave trade

What trade did Ghana control that allowed them to become a powerful kingdom?

• ivory and wool

• leather and porcelain

• rugs and silk

• gold and salt

How did the kings of Ghana become rich?

• selling their gold mines

• borrowing money

• taxing merchants from foreign countries

• selling iron weapons

Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...

• He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa
• He controlled the gold and salt trade
• He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth
• He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Gao
• Rome

The buildings pictured in the Catalan Atlas may represent "mosques".  What is a mosque?

• Christian place of worship
• Muslim place of worship
• Jewish place of worship
• Buddhist place of worship

All three West African Empires fell from...

• Disease
• Invasion/Rebellion
• Natural Disaster
• Hand of God