Chapter 4 Section 1

The Atlas Mountains, the Sahara, and the Ahaggar and Tibesti mountains are major landforms of the Roman Empire.

• True

• False

North Africa developed independently because the Sahara cut it off from the rest of the continent.

• True

• False

Climate change caused the Sahara’s lakes, rivers, and grasslands to grow.

• False

• True

Trans-Saharan trade was trade that crossed the Sahara.

• False

• True

Travel by caravan was worth the risk when it led to the acquisition of wealth.

• True

• False

Gold, copper, salt, and slaves were valuable goods exchanged on the Djenne trade routes.

• False

• True

Both salt and gold were used in trade to obtain other commodities. Gold was needed to preserve meat and other foods.

• False

• True

The arrival of Muslim traders in North Africa greatly increased the slave trade.

• True

• False

Slaves who reached Mali often became domestic servants, soldiers, artisans, or government officials.

• False

• True

After the Arabs invaded North Africa, Berber merchants began converting to Islam. Then West African rulers and merchants also began converting to Islam.

• False

• True