Empires of West Africa

Which people traded goods across the Sahara Desert?

• The Basques

• The Bantu

• The Berbers

• The Ottomans

Who was the Malian king who made a pilgrimage to Mecca?

• Mansa Sulayman

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Sonni Ali

Which West African empire came to power after the downfall of Mali?

• Ghana

• The Berbers

• Great Zimbabwe

• Songhai

What was most commonly traded across Trans-Saharan trade routes?

• Salt

• Slaves

• Ivory

• Gold

What new religion was brought to West Africa by traders?

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

Mansa Musa built these when he returned from Mecca

• Libraries

• Pools

• Castles

• Mosques

What West African empire came to power after the downfall of Ghana?

• Songhai

• Morocco

• Mali

• Benin

What was the name of the trade routes used by the Berbers?

• Trans-Atlantic

• Trans-Saharan

• The Silk Road

• Trans-Indian Ocean

Instead of writing history, West African peoples used...

• Cuneiform

• Detailed Record Books

• Scrolls

• Oral Tradition

 

Timbuktu and Gao became major centers of what in West Africa?

• Trade

• Culture

• Education

• All of the Above