African and Mayan Civilizations Quiz

A type of drum used by the Bantu speaking people of Africa __________.

• Ngoma
• Balafon

• Bongo

• Dejembe

What artists were influenced by West African Art? __________ and __________.

• Monet and Van Gogh

• Renoir and Degas

• Picasso and Henri Matisse

• Da Vinci and Michelangelo

Which reason caused the fall of Mali? The empire became too large to control __________.

• Invasion from the outside

• The Empire became too large to control

• Internal fighting of different groups

• Over-grazing ruined soil

__________ and __________ were Ghana's most valuable trade resources.

• Gold and Salt

• Salt and Copper

• Gold and Jade

• Silver and Slaves

Tade followed the rivers because...

• It made it easy to move the boats

• They were nice for a swim

• water kept them cool in the summer

• It was a source of water and many traders died of dehydration

Ruler of the Songhai people in the 15th Century: restored Timbuktu

• Askia The Great
• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Tunka Manin

Who was Tunka Manin?

• Powerful muslim king of Mali

• King of Ghana who rules at the peak of their power

• King of Ghana who started the Empire

• King of Mali when the empire fell

Which African Kingdom came first?

• Savanna
• Songhai

• Mali

• Ghana

Whats a word for spoken record of past events?

• oral history

• Griots

• Savanna

• Sahel

Whats a person who was one of Mali's most famous leaders who made Timbuktu into an important city?

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

• Tuka Manin

• Mansa Musa