CH 21 L2 HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA

.Thousands of years ago, what allowed the Bantu people to move into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups?

• 1.  A. a shared language

      

• 1. B. trade with other groups of people

      

• 1. C. domesticated camels

      

• 1. D. their farming practices

For thousands of years, the _____ was a barrier to contact between people of West Africa and North Africa.

• 1.  A. Sahel

• 1.  B. Sahara

• 1.  C. Niger River

• 1.  D. Air Massif

What did wealthy North African Muslim traders want from the people of West Africa?

• 1.  A. ivory and camels

• 1.  B. gold and converts to Islam

• 1.  C. salt and gold

• 1.  D. diamonds and emeralds

During the Middle Ages, the first powerful trading kingdom in West Africa was _____.

• 1.  A. Ghana

• 1.  B. Mali

• 1.  C. Songhai

• 1.  D. Almoravid

The empire of _____ reached its height under the emperor Mansa Musa.

• 1.  A. Ghana

• 1.  B. Mali

      

• 1. C. Songhai

• 1.  D. Almoravid

In 1869, Europe's interest in Africa increased because of the Suez Canal and the discovery of _____ in South Africa.

• 1.  A.

     gold

• 1.  B. oil

• 1.  C. diamonds

• 1.  D. fertile land

West African colonies began gaining independence in the late _____.

• 1.  A.1930s

• 1.  B.1940s

• 1.  C.1950s

• 1.  D.1960s

The Ghana Empire was West Africa’s first trading kingdom.

• TRUE

• FALSE

From what activity did the small African kingdoms along the West African coast become rich beginning around the 1500s?

• A. slave trade

• C. sale of oil and natural gas

• B. sale of tobacco

• D. gold-for-salt trade

Which of the following allowed the Bantu to expand easily into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups? A. their Muslim religion C. their great wealth B. their farming practices D. their knowledge of the Sahara

• A. their Muslim religion

• B. their farming practices

• C. their great wealth

• D. their knowledge of the Sahara