African History

Which continent is believed to be the cradle of humanity?

• Africa

• America

• Europe

• Asia

The oldest advanced civilization was in what part of Africa?

• Egypt

• Zimbabwe

• West Africa

• Zanzibar

Which massive geographical feature divides North Africa with southern Africa?

• The Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

• Tropical Rainforest

• Congo River

Because the Saharan Desert was so difficult to cross, most historians believed that sub-Saharan Africa was very ________________.

• Wealthy

• Populated

• Isolated

• Connected

What reality contradicted the theory of an “isolated” sub-Saharan Africa?

• Intense warfare occurred in the Saharan Desert

• Africans sailed the Atlantic Coast, connecting many regions.

• The everyday African often went on pilgrimages across the continent.

• Merchants traveled along trade routes across the Saharan (much like merchants from Europe and Asia later traversed the oceans)

What made the Sahara Desert passable and survivable for merchants?

• Sand

• Oases

• Rivers

• Roads

Which “technology” made trans-Saharan travel much more feasible (doable)?

• Grain

• Books

• Camels

• Iron

Which commodity was mined in the Sahara Desert?

• Gold

• Iron

• Salt

• Diamonds

What did West Africans trade for salt?

• Silver and Iron

• Gold and slaves

• Ebony wood and diamonds

• Oil and rubber

Which is the correct sequence of empires that ruled West Africa?

• Ghana, Mali, then Songhai

• Songhai, Mali, then Ghana

• Mali, Ghana, then Songhai

• Mali, Songhai, then Ghana