Early African Civilizations

What is a savannah?

• Moist, densely wooded areas near the equator

• Open grassland with scattered trees

• A system of social organization based on family ties

• Leadership passed down from the mother’s family.

Rain forests are ______.

• open grassland with scattered trees

• moist, densely wooded areas near the equator

• long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the earth’s crust

• a strip of land in West Africa that divides the desert from wetter areas.

How did landforms, water, climate, and plant life affect history in West Africa?

• They had no effect

• They influenced daily life and resources

• They only affected the climate

• They were irrelevant

West Africa’s resources included ______.

• farmland, gold, and salt

• only gold

• only salt

• only farmland

What was one of the reasons for Ghana's growth?

• Settling on desert trade routes

• Building large cities

• Developing agriculture

• Forming alliances

Ghana grew as larger populations settled on ______.

• Coastal areas

• Mountain regions

• Desert trade routes

• Forests

What were some forms of income in Ghana?

• Livestock and crops

• Taxes, tributes, and gold

• Fishing and hunting

• Crafting and trading

Tunka Manin was a king who ruled the empire at the height of its ______.

• Decline

• Power

• Weakness

• Expansion

Under whose rule did Mali reach its height?

• Sundiata

• Sunni Ali

• Askia the Great

• Mansa Musa

In the late 1400s, Mali fell to ____. A) Moroccan invaders B) Songhai C) European explorers D) Egyptian pharaohs.

• Moroccan invaders

• Songhai

• European explorers

• Egyptian pharaohs