West Africa Test Review

What two profitable resources did Askia Muhammad and his people take over that would help provide them wealth and bring the Songhai empire to its height of power?

• Gold and Salt trade

• Lakes

• Spice Trade

• Pottery Trade

What animal did the people of Ghana use to help transport their goods across the Sahara?

• Donkey

• Horse

• Camal

• Elephant

What is the meaning of griot?

• A soldier who guards the Trans-Saharan trade route.

• An Emperor

• A miner

• A musician, poet, storyteller, and oral historian from West Africa

What country did Mansa Musa take his pilgrimage through that causes quite the stir?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Nigeria

• Saudi Arabia

To the Africans, what did the supreme God do?

• Was responsible for the weather.

• Named the next King.

• Created the World

• Provided Food

Explain why large caravans across the Trans-Saharan trade routes were very important?

• They offered protection from bandits

• They had more goods to trade

• They were intimidating

• They were easily lost

What did Mansa Musa encourage that was free to all in his kingdom?

• Water

• Food

• Education

• Speech

Select the two answers that are correct.

The city of Djenne is considered to be a center of what?

• a trade center

• Mining

• The kingdom

• center for Muslim learning

What is the meaning of Matrilineal?

• Who is next in line to become emperor

• based on kinship with the father or the male line

• based on kinship with the mother or the female line

• Religion

Before the 1400's who was in charge of Songhai?

• Greece

• Mali Empire

• Ghana Empire

• China Empire