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WorksheetsTrade/Africa
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Gold made its way from west to east Africa along these trade routes:
a)
Trans-Atlantic
b)
Trans-Mediterranean
c)
Tran-Saharan
d)
Trans-Indian
2.
During the Middle Ages, traders often used the ______ Sea to connect the Mediterranean to Asia.
a)
Black
b)
Baltic
c)
Red
d)
North
3.
This desert in north Africa was crossed by traders moving salt and gold.
a)
Gobi
b)
Taklimakan
c)
Savana
d)
Sahara
4.
The most popular items traded along these routes were spices and cotton.
a)
Trans-Saharan
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Silk Road
5.
This set of trade routes connected China to the West/ Mediterranean Sea
a)
Silk Road
b)
Cotton Road
c)
North European
d)
Trans-Saharan
6.
Buddhism started in this country
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
India
7.
Trans-Saharan trade brought this religion to West Africa from the Arabian peninsula
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
8.
A negative effect of increased trade was the spread of...
a)
Knowledge
b)
Ideas
c)
Technology
d)
Bubonic Plague
9.
Buddhism is to Japan as ____ is to West Africa.
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Zoroastrianism
10.
Cultures spread with trade
a)
Cultural diffusion
b)
Cultural isolation
c)
Cultural inclusion
d)
Cultural seclusion
11.
Christopher Columbus use a compass; the idea of a compass first came from...
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
Spain
d)
China
12.
1st Ships
1st Alphabet
Purple dyed fabric
1st Alphabet
Purple dyed fabric
a)
Phoenicians
b)
Persians
c)
Carthage
d)
Greeks
13.
East African Kingdom, Christian, near the Nile and Red Sea
a)
Zimbabwe
b)
Axum/Aksum
c)
Ghana
d)
Mali
14.
South African Kingdom, Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, Indian Ocean Coast
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Zimbabwe
15.
This city was very important for trade and learning in West Africa
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Great Zimbabwe
c)
Cairo
d)
Mecca
16.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all benefited most from _____ trade.
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
North European
c)
Trans-Saharan
d)
Silk Road
17.
Mansa Musa's a Muslim from Mali; Why did he go to Mecca?
a)
To trade gold
b)
Islamic Pilgrimage
c)
To site-see
d)
To buy property
18.
A king from here was likely to wear a crown made from local gold:
a)
Ghana
b)
Aksum
c)
Zimbabwe
d)
France
19.
This religion started in Japan
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Shintoism
20.
The domestication of plants and animals led to settlement
a)
Paleolithic Revolution
b)
Neolithic Revolution
c)
Old Stone Age Revolution
d)
Mesolithic Revolution
21.
Mali, a west African Islamic kingdom, was near the ____ River.
a)
Nile
b)
Niger
c)
Limpopo
d)
Zambezi
22.
Cave art, oral language, clans, fire; which historic period
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
c)
New Stone Age
d)
Mesolithic
23.
10 Commandments and led Hebrews/Jews from slavery in Egypt
a)
Abraham
b)
Jesus
c)
Moses
d)
Muhammad
24.
Which one is incorrect?
a)
China->Huang He
b)
Egypt->Nile
c)
Mesopotamia
->Limpopo River
->Limpopo River
d)
India->Indus River
25.
Practiced Zoroastrianism and were known for tollerance
a)
Phoenicia
b)
Persia
c)
Egypt
d)
Sumer
26.
India, zero, round earth, set broken bones
a)
Guptas
b)
Mauryans
c)
Gautamas
d)
Dravidians
27.
Hindus believe this affects your movement up or down the Caste System
a)
Karma
b)
Eightfold Path
c)
4 Noble Truths
d)
5 Daily Prayers
28.
This Greek city-state had the following governments; Monarchy ->Aristocracy->Tyranny ->Democracy
a)
Sparta
b)
Corinth
c)
Athens
d)
Troy
29.
Paul is to Christianity as ____ is to Buddhism; they both spread their adopted religions
a)
Siddhartha
b)
Asoka
c)
Muhammad
d)
Confucius
30.
What idea started in India and spread to China, Korea, and Japan?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Confucianism
d)
Daoism
31.
Wars between Rome and Carthage
a)
Persian
b)
Patrician
c)
Peloponnesian
d)
Punic
32.
Icons, mosaics, Justinian, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, used Greek language in church
a)
Persian Empire
b)
Roman Empire
c)
Ancient Greece
d)
Byzantine Empire
33.
Pick the choice that's not one of the 5 Pillars of Islam
a)
Faith in Allah
b)
Pray 5x/day
c)
Pilgrimage
d)
zen= enlightenment
34.
Muhammad is to ____ as Jesus is to Christianity.
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
35.
In Europe, Medieval monasteries would later become
a)
Universities
b)
Shopping malls
c)
mosques
d)
castles
36.
Saladin won back this city in the name of Islam during the Crusades
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Constantinople
37.
Feudalism is a political order and ____ is the economic system that supported it
a)
the Caste System
b)
Manorialism
c)
Trade
d)
Cash cropping
38.
Which number? Spices, cotton, Indian Ocean, new sailing ideas
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
39.
Which number? Salt, Gold, Trans-Saharan, Timbuktu
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
40.
Which number? Silk, compass, crossbow, porcelain, paper
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
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