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WorksheetsEarly African Civilizations - Chapter 16
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Ghana's rulers make sure that gold remained an important trade good?
a)
They made beautiful jewelry out of it
b)
The traded it for salt
c)
They controlled how much was mined
d)
The required that all coins be made from it
2.
The Sahara is
a)
the world's largest desert
b)
Africa's longest river
c)
a high mountain range
d)
an empire in early Africa
3.
How did Mansa Musa establish West Africa as a center of Muslim culture?
a)
He spent so much gold on his hajj that it upset Egypt's economy
b)
He extended Mali's territory through conquest
c)
He imported Muslim scholars, artists and teachers
d)
He established trade links with Muslim traders in North Africa
4.
Which factor was LEAST important in making Mali a powerful West African empire?
a)
The gold-salt trade
b)
The growth of Mansa Musa's empire
c)
Mansa Musa's hajj
d)
Sundiata's law code
5.
Who led a great caravan to Mecca, bringing his empire to the attention of the world?
a)
Askia Muhammad
b)
As-Saheli
c)
Mansa Sundiata
d)
Mansa Musa
6.
What culture developed in East Africa as a result of the region's role in overseas trade?
a)
Kushite
b)
Nubian
c)
Swahili
d)
Zagwe
7.
In East Africa, Muslim culture had the most influence on
a)
the Kushite people
b)
the rulers of Ethiopia
c)
the kingdom of Aksum
d)
the Swahili city-states
8.
In West African culture, who ranked just above traders in the social structure?
a)
The emperor
b)
Kings and nobles
c)
Farmers
d)
Skilled workers
9.
In most traditional African religions, people honored
a)
the emperor
b)
only one god
c)
their ancestors
d)
religious leaders
10.
Social groups that trace their lineage to a common ancestor are called ______________
a)
Villages
b)
Clans
c)
Castes
d)
Empires
11.
Which part of West African culture HAS NOT survived to the present?
a)
Musical instruments
b)
Masks
c)
Trading empires
d)
Story telling
12.
Trans-Saharan trade in early West Africa MAINLY involved the exchange of _________ for gold.
a)
Iron
b)
Salt
c)
Slaves
d)
Ivory
13.
The SECOND West African empire to grow rich from the gold-salt trade was
a)
Nok
b)
Ghana
c)
Mali
d)
Songhai
14.
Which characteristic of Songhai was most important in spreading Islam in the empire?
a)
Its system of weights and measures
b)
Its control of trans-Saharan trade routes
c)
A law code based on the Koran
d)
A very efficient government
15.
The rulers of which empires established Islam as an important religion in West Africa?
a)
Ghana and Mali
b)
Mali and Songhai
c)
Songhai and Ghana
d)
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
16.
Aksum's importance as a trading kingdom in East Africa was MAINLY the result of its ___________
a)
Location
b)
Rulers
c)
Wealth
d)
Religion
17.
Which event helped give Christianity a permanent place in Ethiopia?
a)
The arrival of Persian and Nubian immigrants
b)
The rule of the Zagwe dynasty
c)
The growth of Swahili culture
d)
The rise of Greek city-states in East Africa
18.
Aksum and Ethiopia were much alike in every way EXCEPT for _________________
a)
their religion
b)
their location
c)
their rulers
d)
their involvement in trade
19.
In West African societies, a person's clan and caste were both determined by his or her
a)
village
b)
religion
c)
language
d)
birth
20.
All of the following are part of Africa's strong oral tradition EXCEPT
a)
trade
b)
proverbs
c)
story telling
d)
griots
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