Sub-Saharan Africa

Invaders wanted the people of ancient Ghana to convert to this religion

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Muslim

Ghana was the first great trading empire in ___ Africa.

• North

• East

• South

• West

Ghana controlled the ____ trade.

• food

• gold

• iron

• slave

Ghana’s trade routes extended into North Africa and along the _____ River.

• Nile

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Niger

Which two items were used as money in Ancient Ghana?

• sand and wood

• iron and salt

• gold and salt

• gold and silver

What was the main occupation of most people in ancient Ghana?

• ironsmiths

• traders

• farmers

• kings

Home of 80% of Africa’s tallest mountains, Great Rift Valley, arose from magma that split into a valley

• Savanna

• Grasslands

• Ethiopian Highlands

• Swahili Coast

Around what year did Aksum begin to decline?

• 900 BC

• AD 900

• 2000 BC

• AD 400

Ghana was made of ______.

• deserts

• grasslands

• rainforests

• highlands

What present day country was Axum in?

• Ethiopia

• Egypt

• Ghana

• Eritrea