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Sub-Saharan Africa Review

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5th - 6th Grade

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Sub-Saharan Africa Review
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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Which geographic factors MOST influenced the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai? (Choose 3)

Plentiful salt deposits

Location near the mountains

Inland port cities on rivers

Nearness to the Silk Road

Abundance of gold

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What was an important trading city in Mali?

Cairo

Gao

Timbuktu

Alexandria

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Historians get most of their information about early West African Empires from

descriptions of masks and jewelry from the time period.

stories written by travelers.

oral histories passed down.

opinions about weapons and farming tools that have survived from the time period.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 5 pts

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The river that was considered life to West Africa was 

Nile
Niger
Congo
Tigris

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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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.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Mansa Musa was a model Muslim King.  When he returned to Mali he...

brought Muslim artisans, teachers and architects to Mali
forced all of his people to convert to Islam
gave away all of his gold to the poor
started a war with the Muslims of Mecca

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