WorksheetsWestern African Kingdoms
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Matrilineal is based on
a)
a child's family line
b)
a man's family line
c)
a woman's family line
2.
This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.
a)
Mecca
b)
Rome
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Timbuktu
3.
How did West Africans record their history.
a)
orally
b)
in books
c)
on tape
d)
with hyroglyphs
4.
He was a king of the Mali empire and was considered the richest man to ever live.
a)
Mansa Musa
b)
Askia Muhammad
c)
Suni Ali
d)
Pumba
5.
This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.
a)
millet
b)
salt
c)
books
d)
textiles
6.
List the 3 West African kingdoms in chronological order.
a)
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
b)
Mali, Songhai and Ghana
c)
Songhai, Ghana and Mali
d)
Ghana, Songhai and Mali
7.
What large body of water borders Africa to the north?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Black Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
8.
What physical feature of Africa impeded the movement of people, goods and ideas?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Red Sea
d)
Sahara Desert
9.
What physical feature in West Africa encouraged the movement of people, goods and ideas?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Niger River
d)
Sahara Desert
10.
List the four major exports of West Africa.
a)
Slaves, salt, gold and silk
b)
Gold, slaves, diamonds and silk
c)
Gold, ivory, salt and slaves
d)
Ivory, gold, slaves and silk
11.
What type of governments existed in West Africa?
a)
Direct democracy
b)
Constitutional monarchy
c)
Absolute monarchy
d)
Republic
12.
Why was salt such an important trade good in West Africa?
a)
West Africans gave salt to their animals.
b)
West Africans used it to preserve food.
c)
Salt was used in the animist religious rituals.
d)
It was used by families as a cleansing agent,
13.
The HIV virus is a serious problem in West Africa.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
This is the region between a rain forest and a desert
a)
Sahel
b)
Savannah
c)
Sundiata
d)
Snow
15.
This was not a West African Kingdom
a)
Songhai
b)
Mali
c)
Ghana
d)
Morocco
16.
Africa is the ____ largest continent
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
17.
This is the region and broad name for the people that live in the middle and south of Africa
a)
Sub-Saharan
b)
Under-Saharan
c)
Negative-Saharan
d)
Anti-Saharan
18.
Which of these is the region of West Africa
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
19.
This region of Africa is mostly grassland
a)
Savannah
b)
Sahara
c)
Sahel
d)
Sundiata
20.
The group of valleys that cut through the East of Africa
a)
The Grand Canyon
b)
The Great Rift Valley
c)
The Himalayas
d)
The Sahara Desert
21.
An area characterized by the types of plants that grow there is a
a)
Vegetation Region
b)
Garden
c)
Desert
d)
Grassland
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