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West Africa Unit Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Griots told stories in order to preserve and pass down history.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

_____ was the first of the great trading kingdoms to emerge in the area south of the Sahara in West Africa.

a)

Ghana

b)

Axum

c)

Nubia

d)

Sierra Leone

3.

The _____ is the largest desert on Earth.

a)

Gobi

b)

Kalahari

c)

Sahara

d)

Mojave

4.

The trade that took place in Ghana was ...

a)

iron, and weapons.

b)

salt and gold

c)

camels and horses

d)

peanuts and exotic candy

5.
What physical characteristic is #13?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Sahel
c)
Kalhari Desert
d)
Atlas Desert
6.

What is the African Savanna considered?

a)

Ocean

b)

Forest

c)

Grassland

d)

Tundra

7.

Someone who is owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Discrimination

c)

Slavery

d)

Racism

8.

To treat people differently based on the belief that some races are superior than others.

a)

Colonialism

b)

Human Trafficking

c)

Racism

d)

Stereotype

9.

A belief that ALL people from a specific racial group behave in a certain way.

a)

Racism

b)

Apartheid

c)

Colonialism

d)

Stereotype

10.
What geographical region is this?
a)
Desert
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Rain Forest
11.
a)
Zambezi River
b)
Congo Basin
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Nile River
12.
a)
Congo Basin
b)
Lake Chad
c)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
d)
Sahel
13.

In 1324, Mansa Musa left his empire of Mali to make a pilgrimage to ____.

a)

Mecca

b)

Morocco

14.

The _____ is a strip of land between the desert and savannas.

a)

rainforest

b)

sahel

15.

African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called

a)

griots

b)

kente

c)

Dausi

d)

Almoravids

16.
What is a Mosque?
a)
Grassland near the tropics
b)
Outsider who comes into an area to conquer or destroy
c)
Islamic place to worship
17.

Africa is the second largest continent in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A country is

a)

type of music.

b)

where someone lives.

c)

an unbroken large land mass on planet Earth.

d)

a nation with its own government that occupies a particular territory and has boundaries.

19.

Arab kingdoms influenced North Africa and brought the religion of _________ and the __________ language to north and west Africa.

a)

a. Christianity and English

b)

b. Islam and Arabic

c)

c. Catholicism and French

d)

d. Buddhism and Hindi

20.

The people of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai traded their gold for

a)

iron, out of which they would fashion highly desired tools and weapons.

b)

salt, which was used to preserve food and improve its taste.

c)

camels, so they did not have to rely on the Berbers to transport their goods.

d)

peanuts, from which they made delicious foods.

21.
What physical characteristic is #9?
a)
Niger River
b)
Nile River
c)
Blue Nile
d)
Congo River
22.

What does the word tribute mean?

a)

A celebration

b)

A payment

c)

A sickness

d)

A gift

23.

A person in the middle of a business dealing.

a)

tribute

b)

griot

c)

imam

d)

middleman

24.

African musical style...

a)

has influences music around the world.

b)

has not influenced music around the world.

c)

has only influenced music in the Americas.

d)

has only influenced music in Africa.

25.

African masks and kente cloth have special meaning?

a)

true

b)

false