West African Empires

What was the relationship between salt, gold, and Ghana?

• a. Salt was invented in Ghana                           

• b. The two resources that made them wealthy      

• c. Ghana lacked enough salt and gold to become successful

• d. Traders paid the people of Ghana in salt and gold

Other than trade with them, how did Ghana make money from people who came to their country?

• a. Traders coming to Ghana paid extra fees          

• b. They traded goods with foreign merchants       

• c. Thieves often robbed traders as they left Ghana

• d. Traders spent money at the Ghana gift shop

Which best describes Mansa Musa?

• a. He once ate fifty hot dogs in a half hour

• b. He was Ghana’s greatest leader        

• c. He created the religion known as Islam

• d. He was Mali’s most powerful ruler

Choose all the answers that are examples of what Mansa Musa did for Mali ?

       

• a. he stressed the importance of reading and writing

• b. He had many mosques built in Mali

• c. He set up schools in Mali for studying the Koran

• d. He developed an organized government 

Which answers help to describe the relationship between Songhai and Mali?

                                   

                                               

• a. Songhai was Mali’s baby daddy

• b. Songhai ruled Mali after Mali's empire collapsed

• c. Mali ruled Songhai first

• d. They were originally one country, but split in two

What similarities did Askia share with Mansa Musa?

• a. Askia the great was a devout Muslim                            

• b. Songhai contained mosques, schools, and libraries      

• c. Askia also once ate fifty hot dogs in on hour

• d. Askia the great supported education and learning

7. How was Askia like most modern-day rulers?

• a. He owned a football and basketball team                                              

• b. His army owned many nuclear weapons

• c. He had a vice president and group of advisors

• d. He created departments to oversee various tasks

What type of trade item, found in Africa, greatly increased trade between European and African nations?

• a. Gold                                                   

• b. Salt   

• c. Shiny rocks  

• d. Slaves

How many of the following answers describe the kind of people that could be made into slaves in Africa?

• a. Prisoners of war   

• b. Convicted criminal        

• c. People with three DUIs

• d. Those that owed debts

5. _____________ was the name of the religion created by ________________. His followers wrote down his teachings in the ____________________

• a. Muslim, Gabriel, and the Bible

• b. Islam, Muhammad, and the Bible  

•   c. Islam, Muhammad, and the Koran

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