World HIS Chapter 15 Africa Test

1. The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa

• true
• false

2. Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia

• true
• false

3. Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.

• true
• false

4. Today in Africa, there are more Christians than Muslims

• True
• False

5. The people in Mali supported their generals because their generals protected them from invaders.

• true
• false

6. has some of the earliest human fossils

• Djenne-jeno
• Great Rift Valley
• Kente
• Moroccans
• Songhai

7. their invasion brought down the Songhai Empire

• Djenne-jeno
• Great Rift Valley
• Kente
• Moroccans
• Songhai

8. largest trading center in West Africa by 250 b.c.

• Djenne-jeno
• Great Rift Valley
• Kente
• Moroccans
• Songhai

9.a cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning “basket”

• Djenne-jeno
• Great Rift Valley
• Kente
• Moroccans
• Songhai

10. by 1492, the largest empire in West Africa

• Djenne-jeno
• Great Rift Valley
• Kente
• Moroccans
• Songhai