WorksheetsWest African Empires
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At which point is the Indian Ocean located?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
At which point is the Sahara Desert located?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
H
3.
At which point is the Senegal River Located?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
4.
At what point is the Niger River located?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
5.
Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?
a)
leaders
b)
soldiers
c)
story tellers
d)
children
6.
Which of the following is NOT a vegetation zone in Africa?
a)
Savanna
b)
Desert
c)
Tropical Rainforest
d)
Boreal Forest
7.
Which of the following countries is part of modern day West Africa?
a)
Tanzania
b)
Liberia
c)
Sudan
d)
Zimbabwe
8.
What were the two main rivers in West Africa?
a)
Niger and Nile
b)
Nile and Senegal
c)
Niger and Senegal
d)
Senegal and Zambezi
9.
Which of the following factors increased trans-Saharan trade?
a)
The introduction of camels and copper
b)
The population increase and gold
c)
The growth of cities and camels
d)
The discovery of salt and introduction of camels
10.
What were the 3 largest West African Empires?
a)
Songhai, Mali, and Nigeria
b)
Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
c)
Ghana, Songhai, and Bachwezi
d)
Aksum, Ghana, Mali
11.
What is the correct order of the rise and fall of the 3 great west African empires? The country on the left is the first to rise and the country on the right is the last to rise.
a)
Ghana, Songhai, and Mali
b)
Songhai, Ghana, and Mali
c)
Mali, Ghana, and Songhai
d)
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
12.
What were the main trade items between the North Africans and the Wangarans?
a)
Salt and Gold
b)
Copper and Lumber
c)
Silver and Gold
d)
Salt and Pepper
13.
Who was a great West African leader of Mali?
a)
Sundiata Keita
b)
Pharaoh Ramsey
c)
Shaka Zulu
d)
Mansa Musa
14.
What role did Ghana play in North African trade?
a)
Middleman
b)
Salt Miners
c)
Gold Miners
d)
All of the Above
15.
What brought Islam to West Africa?
a)
War
b)
Trade
c)
Emporers
d)
Crusades
16.
Taghaza in North Africa was known for its deposits of what substance?
a)
salt
b)
gold
c)
iron
d)
ore
17.
Where did Mansa Musa make a pilgrimage to with 80,000 people?
a)
The Holy Land
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Medina
d)
Mecca
18.
If you lived in the forests south of Ghana, in Wangara, then you would need to trade for what resource?
a)
Gold
b)
Salt
c)
Copper
d)
Leather
19.
Why did the Wangarans trade silently?
a)
They had no spoken language
b)
To have power over those with whom they traded
c)
Because they disliked other traders
d)
To keep their gold mines' locations secret.
20.
What is one way the king of Ghana kept his power?
a)
He maintained a large army
b)
He passed his throne on to his sons only
c)
He wore colorful clothes
d)
He shared his gold with everyone
21.
Sunni Ali was a great warrior that built a powerful army to break away from Mali and form which West African empire?
a)
Songhai
b)
Ghana
c)
Egypt
d)
Mali
22.
As West Africans embraced Islam, how did this change their culture?
a)
They started churches and practiced democracy.
b)
They practiced matrilineal succession of property and leadership.
c)
They practiced new religious devotions and embraced new ideas of government and law.
d)
They traded less and worshipped their dead ancestors.
23.
What was the language of religion and learning in West Africa?
a)
Latin
b)
Arabic
c)
Swahili
d)
Senegalese
24.
What are important parts of West African cultures?
a)
Oral Traditions
b)
Music
c)
Visual Arts
d)
All of the Above
25.
West African visual arts consisted of all the following except:
a)
Sculptures
b)
Masks
c)
Textiles
d)
Murals
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