Unit 5: West African Empires (5.1-5.2)

What was the actual name of the Ghana Empire?

• Zimbabwe
• Mali
• Ghana
• Wagadou

What was the title for the king of the Ghana Empire?

• Ghana
• Emperor

• Sultan

• Caliph

Which of the following was NOT traded along the Trans-Saharan trade routes?

• Gold
• Salt
• Islam

• Horses

The Saharan Desert is the _____ desert in the world.

• largest
• second largest

• third largest

• fourth largest

What would you call a good that is bought and sold around the world?

• capital

• commodity
• culture

• vegetable

What was the name of the explorer who used the Trans-Saharan trade routes to go explore Asia?

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Ibn Battuta
• Marco Polo

What was the name for the traditional West African storytellers who passed down history by world of mouth?

• ghanas

• gladiators
• orators

• griots

What was the capital of the Ghana Empire?

• Kumbi Saleh
• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Accra

What was the nickname for the Ghana Empire?

• Land of Gold

• Land of Salt

• Land of Gods

• Land of Water

Which of the following words means that power in the Ghana Empire was passed down to the king's sister's first son?

• patrilineal
• monarchy

• matrilineal
• patriarchal