State Building in Africa

African civilization that is located near the Ethiopian Highlands and the Nile River?

• Zimbabwe

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Axum

African Civilization that was a Christian Kingdom?

• Axum

• Zimbabwe

• Timbuktu

• Ghana Mali, Songhai

African civilization where Great Zimbabwe was the capital?

• Axum

• Zimbabwe

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

What did people trade on the Trans-Saharan trade route?

• gold and salt

• silver and gold

• gold and porcelain

• salt and paper

The city of Timbuktu was the center of trade and learning for which empire(s)?

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Axum

• Zimbabwe

• Egypt, Morocco, and Libya

What does trans-Saharan mean?

• below the Sahara Desert

• across the Sahara Desert

• north of the Sahara desert

• south of the Tibetan plateau

What two natural resources did the West African Empires control? Select TWO.

• Salt

• Gold

• Iron

• Silver

• Bronze

What evidence suggests that Great Zimbabwe was a great commercial center?

• Artifacts such as beads from India and porcelain from China have been found among the ruins

• Architecture similar to Zimbabwe's Great Stones houses has been found in China and India.

• Travelers who journeyed through Great Zimbabwe commented on the kingdom's wealth.

• Oral histories describe Great Zimbabwe as a great commercial center.

Which of the following describes East Africa’s trading system?

• It was limited by natural barriers.

• It was international in scope.

• It encouraged the spread of Christianity.

• It forced smaller kingdoms to decline.

The commodities gold and salt were important to many regions of West Africa because they

• helped create great wealth and vast trade networks that spread new ideas.

• were both vital to health and very rare in the region, which made them valuable

• were abundant in the region, allowing it to become wealthy without contact with societies outside of West Africa.

• increased trade, bringing in great wealth and spreading new ideas such as Christianity, which became the official religion.