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Medieval Africa fourth quarter review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Medieval African king helped create new relationships between West Africa, Asia, Europe and other African nations?

a)

King Nzinga

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Sundiata Keita

d)

Nelson Mandela

2.

What West Africa/European trade item created long lasting global problems?

a)

gold

b)

salt

c)

slaves

d)

silk

3.

Which geographical feature was a barrier to African trade?

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Amazon River

c)

Hadrian's Wall

d)

Sahara desert

4.

This map shows what location?

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

West Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Japan

5.

Why is it difficult to study the laws of West Africa?

a)

Very little information was written down

b)

they had no laws

c)

their laws were too difficult and complicated

d)

all of the information was lost over time

6.

Pick the two trade items that helped West Africa grow.

a)

paper

b)

gold

c)

silk

d)

salt

7.

What does this map show?

a)

vacation plans

b)

explorers making maps

c)

train routes

d)

trade routes crossing the Sahara

8.

West Africa history was passed down to each new generation by ____?________

a)

Storytellers called griots

b)

long epic poems

c)

Encyclopedias

d)

Snapchat

9.

West African empire building was affected by the diffusion of which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Shintoism

d)

Christianity

10.

What animal changed the trade routes of Africa?

a)

horses

b)

oxen

c)

llamas

d)

camels

11.

Why was salt so valuable?

a)

They used it in farming.

b)

They used it in religious ceremonies.

c)

They used it as medicine.

d)

They used it to season and preserve foods and in their diets.