West Africa Geography Review

This was not a West African Kingdom

• Songhai
• Mali
• Ghana
• Morocco

This king of Mali is thought to be the richest person that ever lived

• Askia

• Mansa Musa

• Jeff Bezos

• Sundiata

This is the semi-desert region between the Sahara and the rest of Africa

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Sundiata

• Snow

This was the capitol of Mali and an important city of trade. Legends of this city, which some though was built on the edge of the world, persisted for centuries

• Cairo

• Gao

• Timbuktu

• Musa

This river valley supported West Africa civilizations

• Niger
• Nile
• Congo
• Yellow

This desert splits North Africa from the rest of Africa

• Gobi

• Mojave

• Arabian

• Sahara

Which of these is the region of West Africa

• A
• B
• C
• D

These are the two valuable trade goods that made West Africa rich

• gold and salt

• silk and jade

• spices and tea

• silk and gold

List the 3 West African kingdoms in chronological order.

• Ghana, Mali and Songhai
• Mali, Songhai and Ghana
• Songhai, Ghana and Mali
• Ghana, Songhai and Mali

What physical feature of Africa impeded the movement of people, goods and ideas?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Sahara Desert