10 - African Empires

Ghana became a powerful state when it gained control of valuable ______.

• trade routes
• gold mines
• territories
• salt mines

Ghana's rulers made money by collecting ______________ on traded merchandise.

• tributes
• silver
• gold
• taxes

Ghana had rich ____________ and _____________ mines.

• diamond and salt
• gold and diamond
• gold and salt
• salt and coal

Ghana's richest trade city and capital was ____________________________.

• Timbuktu
• Koumbi Saleh
• Djenné
• Gao

This Christian civilization used ships called dhows to trade in the Red Sea & Indian Ocean.

• Mali
• Axum
• Ghana
• Songhai

Ghana's decline was caused by attacking invaders, ________, and the decline of trade.

• monsoons
• drought
• overgrazing
• floods

Mali's first strong ruler was _______, who ruled from 1217-1255.

• Sundiata
• Sunni Ali
• Askia the Great
• Sunni Baru

West African traditional storytellers are called __________________.

• narrators
• fabulists
• raconteurs
• griots

Early Malians participated in ancestor worship, but later Malians converted to _______________.

• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism
• Hinduism

The immensely wealthy ____ ruled Mali from 1312-1337.

• Mansa Musa
• Muhammad Turé
• Sunni Ali
• Askia the Great