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WorksheetsWestern African Empires
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which factor most contributed to the spread of the Bantu languages?
a)
trade
b)
migration
c)
cultural diffusion
d)
religious conversion
2.
In West Africa, three great empires gained power by controlling the gold and salt trades.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
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
4.
The main river that the Ghana empire started around:
a)
Nile
b)
Niger
c)
Volta
d)
Tigris
5.
How did Ghana profit from outsiders?
a)
Capturing slaves
b)
Finding gold mines
c)
Taxing trade
d)
Selling fish
6.
The leader of the Ghana empire at its peak:
a)
Muhammad Ture
b)
Tunka Manin
c)
Sundiata
d)
Arquebus
7.
This Muslim leader in Mali started to spread Islam through west Africa:
a)
Sundiata
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Askia the Great
d)
Muhammad Ture
8.
Why didn't the Songhai like Sunni Baru?
a)
He wasn't from Songhai
b)
He turned everybody into slaves
c)
He wasn't Muslim
d)
He was the grandson of Darth Vader.
9.
Ghana was overtaken by Mali.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Mali was overtaken by Songhai
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Which two natural resources led to the rise of all the western African kingdoms?
a)
Salt and Gold
b)
Salt and Diamonds
c)
Silver and Gold
d)
Platinum and DIamonds
12.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai are located...
a)
In western region of Africa
b)
In the Sahara Desert
c)
Near the Nile River
d)
Along the coast
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