Ghana Empire Practice Test

Which detail from the map supports the conclusion that Kumbi Saleh was the most important city in Ghana?

• It was close to an ocean.

• It was near the Volta River.

• It was at the center of several trade routes.

• It was located in the Sahara Desert.

From which city did traders take a route to Egypt?

• Gao

• Walata

• Timbuktu

• Taghaza

The original religious beliefs of people living in the Ghana Empire was the belief that plants and animals were sacred.

• True

• False

Which line from the passage shows that salt was as valuable as precious metals in West Africa? (5.2, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.11)

• “No one, however, resides in these [houses] except the servants of the merchants, who dig for the salt. . . .”

• “For this, they dig in the earth, and find thick tables of it, so laid together as if they had been cut and placed under ground.”

• “To them come the people of Sudan from their different districts, and load themselves with the salt, which among them passes for money. . . .”

Why were the economic activities described in the passage important to Ghana? (5.2, 5.2.a, 5.11)

• Salt was a key source of wealth.

• Salt was used in gold mining.

• Salt helped homes stay cool in the summer.