Africa

Gamels revolutionized the trade because

• They were fast

• They could travel many days without water

• They did not sink in the sand

• They stored fat in the hump for food

Arab sailors used ...... to get to E. Africa

• Horses

• Griot

• Dhows

• Gamels

Traditional African Religion: select all that apply

• believed in one god

• was the same everywhere

• spirit of dead relatives stayed with the,

• provided rules for living

Government: Select all that apply

• Powerful Kings

• Loyal Local Rulers

• Parlament

• taxpayer merchants

Ghana's Gov't

• locals controlled trade

• throne passed to king's sister

• country divided into provinces

• only king could have nuggets

How did Mansa Musa keep his citizens loyal?

• By using force

• By convincing

• rewarding them with gold, land, horses

• threatening to imprison them

West African empires were in a perfect spot to trade because they were in between 2 important natural resources:

• silver and diamonds

• silver and gold

• gold and rice

• gold and rice

The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, & Songhai prospered primarily due to their 

• exchanges with Indian ports

• control of trade routes

• direct access to the Arabian Sea

• abundance of diamonds

 

Which is the correct order, according to time and size?

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Songhai, Mali, Ghana

• Mali, Songhai, Ghana

• Songhai, Mali, Ghana

The river that was considered life to West Africa was 

• Nile

• Niger

• Congo

• Tigris