Empire of Ghana

Ghana’s capital city,​ (a)   , was the home of the king. It was located in the center of several trade routes along the ​ (b)   River.

• Niger

• Koumbi Saleh

• Nile

• Amazon

• Timbuktu

• Cairo

What was the name of the people who founded the Empire of Ghana?

_______

Locate the Empire of Ghana

Ghana had become an empire by the year...

• 800

• 900

• 1000

• 1100

What was the ultimate cause of the fall of the Ghana Empire?

• invasion by Christian Crusaders

• decline of the gold mines

• resurgence of indigenous beliefs

• capture and conversion by Islamic warriors

Locate the Niger River

Place the three West African Empires in the correct chronological order. (oldest on the left)

• Empire of Mali

• Empire of Songhai

• Empire of Ghana

How did the new Ghana Empire originally begin to gain their wealth?

• slave trade

• taxing traders

• merchant shops

• diamond mines

Two important trade goods were distributed in Ghana​ (a)   from the forest region and ​ (b)   from the Sahara.

• Gold

• salt

The empire of Ghana lay between what two rivers?

• Niger and Nile

• Nile and Senegal

• Niger and Senegal

• Niger and Congo