Review for Level World History 11/13-14 Test

What did Arab traders want to buy in East Africa?

• Silver and copper

• Gold

• Bronze and gold

What were the winds that blew north for 6 months and the south for 6 months on the Indian Ocean?

• monsoons

• typhoons

• cyclones

What was the "trade language" invented by merchants in East Africa to communicate with each other?

• Arabic

• Swahili

• Spanish

What was the name of the richest trade city on the East African coastline?

• Kilwa

• Madrid

• Grenada

What became the religion of the East African people when they traded with the Muslim Arabs and Persians?

• African

• Islam

• Hinduism

What was the name of the nation where the African people mined the gold from underground and then sent it to the coast for trade?

• Madrid

• Granada

• Mogadishu

• Great Zimbabwe

What were the two minerals that merchants and traders wanted to buy in North Africa's Sahara Desert?

• pepper and silver

• salt and gold

• silver and gold

Where was the city of Timbuktu located?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

• African jungle

How was the salt and gold taken out of the desert and shipped to other places?

• dhow ships

• camel caravan

• junk ships

What did Mansa Musa do with most of his wealth?

• built massive armies

• built mosques and schools and improved Mali

• built homes for the merchants