WorksheetsModule 14 Lessons 2, 3, & 5
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefited from being near the ____
largest European cities
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea coast
Trans-Saharan trade routes
Ghana was located between which two mines?
gold
coal
diamond
salt
In addition to controlling the mines, what was another way Ghana proted from trade?
They charged sales tax on good being traded.
They charged a fee for traders to pass through the kingdom.
They controlled all the trade and profited from every transaction.
They did not permit trade.
Which ruler led Mali to take control of west Africa from Ghana?
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Ibn Battuta
Muhammad Ture
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in--
West America
Spain
West Africa
England
Mansa Musa gained support of his people by giving them gold, horses, and property for free.
true
false
What is a pilgrimage?
A religious trip
A Songhai coin
A royal tax
A market
Besides gold and salt, which products were commonly traded in the kingdom of Ghana? Choose the four correct answers.
copper
silver
cloth
humans
sugar
Under which king did Ghana’s territory and military power reach its height?
Ramses
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Tunka Manin
Which city became an important trading city of the Mali Empire?
Alexandria
Cairo
Mecca
Timbuktu
Which answer BEST explains how the great era of the Western African Kingdoms ended?
Chinese traders closed the Silk Road and did not allow African goods.
Moroccan invaders seized Songhai.
Plague and famine killed a majority of the people in the kingdoms.
Portuguese sailors captured the king on Songhai.
What led to the eventual decline of trade over land?
Taxes were too high at each trading station.
Caravans got lost due to frequent sandstorms.
Portugal, Spain, and Morocco took over the Songhai Kingdom.
Atlantic trade routes and ports made trading faster.
African customs blended with Christian religious beliefs to create a new form of Christianity in
Berber
Mali
Ethiopia
Zimbabwe
Historians use the name ____to discuss 400 different ethnic groups that come from eastern, central, and southern regions of Africa.
Bantu
Swahili
Berber
Match the find with what it may have been used for.
Hill Complex
constructed for royal families
religious purpose
where the common people lived
Match the find with what it may have been used for.
Great Enclosure
constructed for royal families
religious purpose
where the common people lived
Match the find with what it may have been used for.
Valley Complex
constructed for royal families
religious purpose
where the common people lived
Chose the West African Kingdoms. (3)
Mali
Songhai
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe
Ghana
Chose the Sub-Saharan African Kingdoms. (2)
Mali
Songhai
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe
Ghana
Refers to the blended African-Arab culture that had become common in East Africa.
Swahili
Berber
Buntu
