WorksheetsWest African Kingdoms
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
For Mansa Musa, Islam was largely about what?
a)
education and culture
b)
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
c)
conquest and conversion of non-Muslim people
d)
the political advantage of being part of the caliphate
2.
What contribution did Mansa Musa make to the religion of the Mali Empire?
a)
He used customs and beliefs from the many local religions in the empire to create a new religion.
b)
He established laws to create religious tolerance throughout the empire, which led to the introduction of Islam.
c)
He converted to Islam and made it the official religion of the empire.
d)
He used the empire’s vast trade routes and its conquests to increase the spread of local religions.
3.
Which characteristic did Aksum and Timbuktu have in common?
a)
They were both near rich gold mines
b)
They both grew wealthy through trade
c)
They were both central to the slave trade
d)
They both developed as iron-making centers
4.
which statement best describes the effects of trade between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula?
a)
Trade routes brought Islam to northern and western Africa.
b)
Salt mines were greatly depleted due to excessive trade.
c)
Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca increased economic growth in Egypt.
d)
Farmers in Timbuktu grew wealthy due to trade and lush farming along the Niger River.
5.
What is the religious text of Islam?
a)
Quran
b)
Bible
c)
Torah
d)
Vedas
6.
At which point is the Indian Ocean located?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
At which point is the Sahara Desert located?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
H
8.
At what point is the Niger River located?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
9.
Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?
a)
leaders
b)
soldiers
c)
story tellers
d)
children
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
What brought Islam to West Africa?
a)
War
b)
Trade
c)
Emporers
d)
Crusades
15.
What city of Mali was considered a center of learning and education?
a)
Tripoli
b)
Timbuktu
c)
Gao
d)
Accra
16.
What ruler of Mali is famous for his lavish trip to Mecca?
a)
Shaka Zulu
b)
Ramses II
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Hannibal
17.
What rival empire came to power near the end of the Empire of Mali?
a)
Egyptian Empire
b)
Chinese Empire
c)
Islamic Empire
d)
Songhai Empire
18.
Ghana and Mali, controlled trade of what?
a)
Gold and fish
b)
Gold and salt
c)
Gold and timber
d)
Gold and bronze
19.
Ghana and Mali, developed in which region of Africa?
a)
West Africa
b)
East Africa
c)
North Africa
d)
South Africa
20.
How did Ghana become so wealthy?
a)
agriculture
b)
center of trade route
c)
mining
d)
conquest
21.
Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?
a)
leaders and bureaucrats
b)
soldiers and knights
c)
story tellers and histories
d)
teachers and priests
22.
What obstacle did every trader who came into Ghana have to endure?
a)
praying to Allah five times a day
b)
a tax on the goods being brought in
c)
delivery of food as they arrived
d)
a search by an army official
23.
On which peninsula did Islam begin and was east of African thereby lending proximity to trading by Muslim merchants?
a)
Arabian
b)
Iberian
c)
Greek
d)
Muslim
24.
Mali controlled part of the _____________ Routes
a)
Silk Road Trade
b)
Trans-Sahara Trade
c)
Maritime Trade
25.
What religion did Mansa Musa practice?
a)
Islam
b)
Christiantity
c)
Animism
26.
What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?
a)
gold
b)
sliver
c)
salt
27.
What was the name of a major African city that was one of the world's most sophisticated centers of leaning and culture in the 15th and 16th centuries?
a)
Zimbabwe
b)
Zanzibar
c)
Timbuktu
d)
Alexandria
28.
What is the spread of knowledge and ideas through trade called?
a)
Cultural impact
b)
Cultural diffusion
c)
Cultural infusion
d)
Cultural concentration
29.
What animal was the most useful in the exchange of gold, silk, and salt?
a)
Camel
b)
Horse
c)
Elephant
d)
Alpaca
30.
What was the source of the wealth that made Mansa Musa the wealthiest, most powerful ruler in the world in the 14th century?
a)
Trade in silks and spices
b)
Control of major choke points
c)
Trade in salt and gold
d)
Control of oceanic trade routes
31.
This desert in north Africa was crossed by traders moving salt and gold.
a)
Gobi
b)
Taklimakan
c)
Savana
d)
Sahara
32.
Great Mali ruler most famous for his expensive pilgrimage to Mecca.
a)
Genghis Khan
b)
Osman the Turk
c)
Bantu Ganta
d)
Mansa Musa
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