West African Societies Around 1492

What were the main products traded through the empires in West Africa?

• Gold

• Copper

• Sugar

• Salt

What is a caravan?

• people who make products to trade

• groups of people traveling together in order to trad

• a journey taken for religious reasons

• a type of car

The Sahara Desert is

• the largest desert in the world

• the smallest desert in the world

_____ was mostly mined in the Sahara desert.

• iron

• gold

• salt

• diamonds

True or False: Salt was used to help preserve food in West Africa.

• True

• False

Timbuktu is known as a center for

• trade

• commerce

• learning

• religion

What was the main religion of the Empire of Songhai?

• Christianity
• Buddhism 
• Hinduism
• Islam

The historical society of Benin was located in the

• desert

• savannah

• forests

• cold climate

The ancient West African society of Kongo advance their civilization largely due to the government system centralized

• Under one king

• Chiefs

• Tribal leaders

• Miliary leaders

The ancient West African society of Kongo

• mined iron ore for tools and weapons

• mined gold and brass

• popular for education

• None of the Above