Chapter 15 Review

The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa.

• True

• False

Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia.

• True

• False

Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.

• True

• False

Today in Africa, there are more Christians than Muslims.

• True

• False

The people in Mali supported their generals because their generals protected them from invaders.

• True

• False

has some of the earliest human fossils

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

• Kente

• Moroccans

• Songhai

their invasion brought down the Songhai Empire

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

• Kente

• Moroccans

• Songhai

largest trading center in West Africa by 250 b.c.

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

• Kente

• Moroccans

• Songhai

a cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning “basket”

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

• Kente

• Moroccans

• Songhai

by 1492, the largest empire in West Africa

• Djenne-jeno

• Great Rift Valley

• Kente

• Moroccans

• Songhai