7th grade chapt 8

True or False: The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa

• True

• False, they used camels for trade

• False, they always had horses

True or False: Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia

• True

• False, the gold stayed in Africa

• False, there was no gold in Africa

• False, the gold came from Europe to Africa

True or false: Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali

• True

• False, Ghana only had more territory

• False, Mali had more territory, more people, and more trade than Ghana

True or False: Ghana was an important trade center situated (located) between salt mines and gold mines.

• True

• False: It was not an important trade center

• False: It was not located between salt mines and gold mines

True or False: As the Mali Empire traded with Berbers and Arabs, they also exchanged cultures and ideas.

• True

• False: Mali didn't have an empire

• False, Mali didn't trade with the Berbers

• False, they traded with the Berbers and Arabs but did not exchange cultures and ideas

Which of these cities is the largest trading center in West Africa around 250 B.C.E.?

• Morocco

• Monaco

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

This is where some of the earliest human fossils have been found.

• Morocco

• Monaco

• Djenne-Jeno

• Great Rift Valley

This is a type of cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning "basket"

• burlap

• cotton

• kente

• crepe

The invasion of this group of people brought down the Songhai Empire

• Moroccans

• Arabs

• Persians

• Egyptians

tropical grasslands in Africa with enough rain for farming and herding

• jungle

• coastland

• savanna

• prairie