African Civilizations

The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa.

• True

• False

Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia.

• True

• False

Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.

• True

• False

Ghana was an important trade center situated between salt mines and gold mines.

• True

• False

As the Mali Empire traded with Berbers and Arabs, they also exchanged cultures and ideas.

• True

• False

has some of the earliest human fossils

• A. Djenné-jeno

• B. Great Rift Valley

• C. Kente

• D. Moroccans

• E. Savanna

their invasion brought down the Songhai Empire

• A. Djenné-jeno

• B. Great Rift Valley

• C. Kente

• D. Moroccans

• E. Savanna

largest trading center in West Africa by 250 B.C.E.

• A. Djenné-jeno

• B. Great Rift Valley

• C. Kente

• D. Moroccans

• E. Savanna

a cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning “basket”

• A. Djenné-jeno

• B. Great Rift Valley

• C. Kente

• D. Moroccans

• E. Savanna

tropical grasslands with enough rain for farming and herding

• A. Djenné-jeno

• B. Great Rift Valley

• C. Kente

• D. Moroccans

• E. Savanna