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Ghana Mali Songhai + Kushites

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai traded mainly in what 2 items?

a)

Gold and fish

b)

Gold and salt

c)

Gold and bronze

2.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all developed in

a)

West Africa.

b)

East Africa.

c)

North Africa .

3.

In Mali, who was its greatest leader & may be the inspiration for "The Lion King"?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Sunni Ali

4.

What made the growth of trans-Saharan trade even possible?!?!?!

a)

sunlight

b)

horses

c)

camels

5.
What was the most prominent learning center city in the Mali Empire?
a)
Meroe
b)
Timbuktu 
c)
Instanbul
d)
Africa
6.

What was the main religion of Songhai and Mali, thanks to Mansa Musa & trade?

a)

Christianity

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

7.

How did Ghana become so wealthy?

a)

business

b)

trade

c)

colonies

8.

What was NOT a challenge of trans-Saharan trade?

a)

1,200 miles long

b)

little or no water

c)

took 2 months

d)

car trouble

9.

What West African Trading developed second?

a)

Mali

b)

Ghana

c)

Songhai

10.
What African Trading Kingdom developed first?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Kush
11.

What West African Trading Kingdom developed third?

a)

Songhai

b)

Mali

c)

Ghana

d)

Kush

12.

The Sahara is a

a)

savanna

b)

desert

c)

steppe

13.

West African culture was shaped by the _________ trade network

a)

Trans-Saharan

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Middle Eastern

d)

Mediterranean

14.

Great leader of Mali famous for his hajj (pilgrimage) to the Muslim holy city of Mecca

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Benin

c)

Songhai

15.

ISLAM helped to SPREAD trade, languages, religion, and culture. This process is known as ____.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Cultural Trade

16.

Type of trading done where traders didn't meet face to face

a)

negotiation

b)

bazaar

c)

Silent Barter

17.

What river is located close to Mali/Ghana/Songhai?

a)

Niger River

b)

Nile River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

18.

Who invaded Songhai (using guns) and brought an end to Songhai kingdom?

a)

America

b)

Ghana

c)

Morocco

19.
Which of the following shows how Islam affected architecture in West Africa?
a)
a mosque in Jenne
b)
Arabic language
c)
kola nuts
d)
a Buddhist temple
20.

What was gold traded for?

a)

salt

b)

camels

c)

grain

d)

rice

21.
What is the correct order in which the West African empires existed?
a)
Songhai, Mali, Ghana
b)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
c)
Mali, Ghana, Songhai
d)
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
22.
Which is not true of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
a)
The were near Lake Chad
b)
They were south of the Sahara 
c)
There were near the Niger River
d)
There were in Western Africa
23.
What river is #2? 
a)
Niger River
b)
Nile River
c)
Zambezi River
d)
Congo River
24.
What is #3? 
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Sahara Desert
c)
Namib Desert
d)
Nile River
25.
What was the language of religion and learning in West Africa, after Mansa Musa?
a)
Latin
b)
Arabic
c)
Swahili
d)
Senegalese 
26.
Which letter shows the location of the Sahara Desert?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
H
27.
Where's the Indian Ocean?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
28.
Where's the Niger River located?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
29.
The ATLANTIC OCEAN
a)
G
b)
H
c)
I
30.
The MEDITERRANEAN SEA
a)
G
b)
H
c)
I
31.
π
a)
3.14159265 35897932384626433832795028841971693993751
b)
3.14
c)
0
d)
3.142
32.

Mansa Musa is most remembered for

a)

defending his African kingdom from slave traders.

b)

conversion to Islam and pilgrimage to Mecca.

c)

his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.

33.

Which of these goods was least likely to be traded across the desert?

a)

silver

b)

gold

c)

salt

34.
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
35.

this picture shows what African trade good?

a)

salt

b)

gold

c)

iron

d)

redstone ore

36.

This early type of gun gave Moroccan soldiers the advantage over some of the West African kingdoms.

a)

Winchester

b)

arquebus

c)

revolver

d)

pistol

37.

What brought Islam to West Africa?

a)

War with Arabians

b)

Trade

c)

the Crusades

38.

What was the learning center city in the Mali Empire?

a)

Dadu

b)

Timbuktu

c)

Cairo

39.

What did the Kushites make from iron?

a)

livestock

b)

tools and weapons

c)

clothing

d)

computers

40.

The Kushites made _____ their capital city.

a)

Napata

b)

Libya

c)

Meroe

41.

Kush traded over land.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Where was the Kushite city of Meroë located?

a)

along the Indian Ocean

b)

along the Nile River

c)

along the Mediterranean Sea

d)

along the Red Sea

43.
Another word for traders
a)
tattle tellers
b)
merchants
c)
educators
d)
sailors
44.
Where was the kingdom of Kush located?
a)
North of Egypt
b)
South of Egypt
c)
East of Egypt
d)
West of Egypt
45.
Items sent to other regions for sale
a)
import
b)
export
46.
Like the Egyptians, the Kushites built stone temples, monuments, and pyramid tombs.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
47.
Goods brought in from other regions
a)
imports
b)
exports
48.

What is one reason we know little about ancient Kush?

a)

A) The Egyptians destroyed all records of Kushite history.

b)

B) We cannot translate their writing system.

c)

C) They had no writing system

d)

D) The Kushites did not build permanent residents.

49.

The economic center of Kush during this period was _______ the Kingdom's new capital.

a)

Aksum

b)

Meroë

50.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
51.

Describe the burial practices of Egyptians

a)

They used a funeral pyre for the dead.

b)

They carried the dead to a nearby country.

c)

They preserved bodies as mummies.

d)

They were buried in the river.

52.

Pyramids are

a)

warehouses to store food

b)

temples where people come and pray

c)

tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides

d)

tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top

53.
Steep river rapids, almost impossible to sail by boat
a)
delta
b)
canal
c)
dam
d)
cataracts
54.
Which way did the Nile flow?
a)
North to South
b)
South to North
c)
East to West
d)
West to East
55.

What geographic feature protected Kush from invasion?

a)

A) Rocky Terrain

b)

B) Cataracts in the Nile

c)

C) Its location near Egypt

d)

D) Its great distance from the Red Sea

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