African Kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe)

What does the word prominence mean?

• Gold

• Trade

• Importance

• Control

Define Domestication

• Taming plants and animals for human use

• Training animals for the wild

• Helping plants grow

• None of the above

What was NOT true about camels in the desert?

• They can go 4-5 days without water

• They can carry 400 pounds

• They decreased the amount of trade between countries

• All are true

The kingdom of Ghana was prominent because of their ________ trade

• gold-silver

• gold-salt

• salt-pepper

• Iron-gold

Which is NOT true about the Berbers

• Nomads

• From North Africa

• They brought salt to Ghana

• Many were merchants

What is NOT true about how the Kingdom of Ghana fell.

• Taxation was too high

• Food became limited because of the expanding Sahara Desert

• Almoravids took over the trade routes

• All are true

Where was the empire of Mali?

• Eastern Africa

• Northern Africa

• Southern Africa

• Western Africa

Based on the Mali Readworks passage, which happened first?

• Mansa Musa became ruler

• Sundiata made Niani the capital of the empire

• Timbuktu became a popular cultural center for learning

• Islam became a popular religion

Which of the following is true about Mansa Musa?

• Ruler of the Songhai Empire

• Led the gold-salt trade

• Known for making the Mali empire powerful and important

• All are true

How big was the Songhai Empire?

• 10 miles

• 1,000 miles

• 100 miles

• 1,000,000 miles