Ch. 7 Practice Study Guide

The capital city of the Songhai Empire was ​ (a)  

• Gao
• Ghana
• Timbuktu
• Koumbi Saleh
• Mali
• Niger
• Africa
• Djenne

The world's largest desert is the ​ (a)   desert and it is located on the continent of ​ (b)  

• Sahara
• Africa
• Gobi
• Arabian
• Caspian
• South America
• Asia
• China

​ (a)   led to the establishment of city-states, introduced Islam, and led to the growth of wealth and ​ (b)   in West Africa.

• Trans-Sahara trade
• education
• The conquests of Genghis Khan
• Shinto

The first trading empire in West Africa was ​ (a)  

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai

The 2nd trading empire in West Africa was ​ ​ (a)  

• Mali
• Songhai
• Ghana

The trade of ​ (a)   and salt led to the growth of the West African empires.

• gold
• copper
• peppers
• ivory
• religion

West Africa originally had ​ (a)   societies where the power was transferred from one king to another on the ​ (b)   side of the family.

• matrilineal
• mother's
• patrilineal
• father's

How were West African empires able to control the trans-Saharan trade? (Pick 2)

• They taxed products coming through their empire.

• They had large armies to protect traders.

• They sacrificed humans to scare invaders away.

• They controlled all of the trade themselves.

Salt in West Africa comes from Taghaza, in the ​ (a)   , and gold comes from Wangara, near the​ (b)   .

• desert
• Niger River
• Gulf of Guinea

The capital city of Ghana was ​ (a)  

• Koumbi Saleh
• Timbuktu
• Gao
• Djenne