African Kingdom quiz

The Kingdom of Ghana was located between what two rivers?

• The Yellow River and the Red River

• The Senegal River and the Niger River

• The Port River and the Starside River

• The Nort River and the West River

What two major resources were equally valued and traded in Ghana?

• Gold and Salt

• Salt and silk

• Goats and goat milk

• Camels and iron

What type of items did the people of Ghana make when they discovered iron?

• Wheels for chariots and carts

• Crowns and jewelry of life before the plague and used it to hope and build their future.

• Boats such as sailboats

• Strong farming tools and weapons such as spearheads and blades

What term do historians call groups of traders that traveled along trade routes in North Africa on camelback?

• Carry casers

• Barbarians

• Saharians

• Caravans

Which religion of the people of Ghana believed that plant, natural objects, and natural phenomena could have a soul?

• Buddhism

• Plantism

• Animism

• Koumbi sahel

What did Ghana demand from neighboring tribes in exchange for agreeing not to attack?

• A tax called paying tribute

• A blood oath

• They didn't make these types of agreements

• A tax call orofinas

When Sundiata overthrew the weakened emperor of Ghana, he increased the territory of his empire to include more what?

• Jungle

• Savanna, or grassland

• Slikworms

• Shorelines

Which product did Sundiata introduce to the people of his expanded empire that helped them stay cool in their hot climate?

• Hemp

• Soy sauce

• Ice

• Cotton

In addition to animism, the people of Mali believed that their leadership could provide food by communicating with who?

• Water spirits

• The Earth's heart

• The people's ancestors

• The Lions

Muslim leader Mansa Musa not only took his pilgrimage to Mecca but he also believed in learning for all people. As a result of this belief, what did he have built in Timbuktu?

• A university

• A statue of a scholar he admired

• A huge mosque

• None of the above