Kingdom of Songhai

Name (first and last)

1. Which map highlights the Empire of Songhai?

• A-Located in Western Africa south along the Niger River and extended all the way to the Atlantic Ocean in the West.
• B-Located just south of the Sahara Desert and is mostly savanna grasslands.
• C-Located in Western Africa along the upper Niger River.

2. The Empire of Songhai is located along what river?

• Niger River
• Orange River
• Zambezi River

3. Before the rise of Songhai Kingdom, the people had been under the control of which empire?

• Ghana Empire
• Roman Empire
• Mali Empire

4. Sunni Ali was a leader of the Kingdom of Songhai. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Built a vast empire by military control.
• Ruled for 30 years.
• In 1468, he captured the city of Timbuktu, which was an important part of Mali's Empire.
• Divided the Songhai Kingdom into provinces.

5. Who was the leader of Songhai that made Islam the main religion of the kingdom and brought the gold and salt trade under his control?

• Mansa Musa
• Askia Muhammad
• Ibn Battutia

6. The Songhai Empire was brought down because they lacked modern weapons such as gunpowder and canons?

• True
• False

7. This involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.

• West African Slave Trade
• Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
• Atlantic Slave Trade

8. By the time the slave trade had ended, how many Africans had been transported to America?

• 300,000
• 1.3 million
• 9.5 million

11. One of the main capital cities of Songhai was the city of

• Djenne
• Ghana
• Gao
• Mecca