Unit 4 Quiz Review

What physical landscape in Africa served as a major trading route for the major empires of Western Africa?

• Kalahari Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Arabian Desert

• Sahara Desert

The oldest of the big three West African empires who was known to control the trade routes to make money.

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Swahili

The Ghana Empire was able to grow rich by which of the following?

• Controlling the trade routes across the Sahara

• Owning silver mines

• Owning diamond mines

• Controlling the iron trade

The two most important goods traded in the Trans-Saharan trade were:

• Silver and diamonds

• Gold and silver

• Gold and salt

• Salt and silver

The western African empire of Mali’s FIRST emperor was:

• Sundiata, the lion king

• Ibn Battuta, the scholar king

• Songhai, the absolute monarch

The empire of Mali adopted this major monotheistic religion:

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Islam

This emperor of Mali was crucial in the spread of this new religion, doubling the size of Mali, and in creating mosques and learning centers in the empire.

• Sundiata, the lion king

• Mansa Musa, the gold king

The capital of the empire of Mali was the leading center for religious studies and the center of trade. It was called:

• Benin

• Timbuktu

• Yoruba

• Songhai

Known as the “ships of the desert”, these were used to travel across the Sahara Desert for trade.

• Canoes

• Wagons

• Camels

• Horse and buggy

All of the following empires were in Mesoamerica, EXCEPT?

• Mayan

• Olmec

• Songhai

• Aztec