African Kingdom Historical Snapshot Quiz

1. Geography: The Kingdom of Ghana was located between what two rivers?

• The Yellow River and the Red River
• The Senegal River and the Niger River
• The Port River and the Starside River
• The North River and the West River

2. Economy: What two major resources were equally valued and traded in Ghana?

• Gold and salt
• Salt and silk
• Goats and goat milk
• Camels and iron

3. Achievements: What type of items did the people of Ghana make when they discovered iron?

• Wheels for chariots and carts
• Crowns and jewelry
• boats such as sailboats
• strong farming tools and weapons such as spearheads and blades

4. Economy: What term do historians call groups of traders that traveled along trade routes in North Africa on camelback?

• Carry casers
• Barbarians
• Saharians
• Caravans

5. Religion: Which religion of the people of Ghana believed that plants, natural objects, and natural phenomena could have a soul?

• Buddhism
• Plantism
• Animism
• Koumbi Saleh

6. Economy/ Government: What did Ghana demand from neighboring tribes in exchange for agreeing not to attack?

• A tax called paying tribute
• A blood oath
• They didn't make these types of agreements
• A tax called orofinas
• Option 5

7. Government: When Sundiata overthrew the weakened emperor of Ghana, he increased the territory of his empire to include more what?

• Jungle
• Savanna, or grassland
• Silkworms
• Shorelines

8. Economy: Which product did Sundiata introduce to the people of his expanded empire that helped them stay cool in their hot climate?

• Hemp
• Soy sauce
• Ice
• Cotton

9. Religion: In addition to animism, the people of Mali believed that their leadership could provide food by communicating with who?

• Water spirits
• The Earth's heart
• The people's ancestors
• The Lions

10. Achievements: Muslim leader Mansa Musa not only took his pilgrimage to Mecca, but he also believed in learning for all people. As a result of this belief, what did he have built in Timbuktu?

• A university
• A statue of a scholar he admired
• A huge mosque
• None of the above