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WorksheetsWest African Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What animals did Berbers first use to cross the Sahara?
donkeys
cows
emus
elephants
What great warrior king called "Lion Prince", ruled Mali from 1230-1255?
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
Timbuktu
Who introduced the camel to North Africa?
Berbers
Romans
Kush
Timbuktu
What made Ghana the first great trading empire West Africa?
they had market on salt and gold
they had weapons made of iron
they had a well-trained army
all of the above
Where was Ghana located?
between the moon and New York City
between the salt mines and gold mines
in the Kalahari Desert
in the Middle East
What is the world's largest desert?
Kalahari
Sienna
Gobi
Sahara
What was the largest trading center in West Africa?
Timbuktu
Dakar
Nairobi
Djenne
African storytellers were called
griots
scribes
diviners
audiologists
What are tropical grasslands dotted with trees and shrubs?
plateau
valley
savanna
plain
What is an area of high, flat land ?
plain
plateau
savanna
swamp
Who was Mali's richest and most famous King?
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Ahmed Akbar
What is a group of people descended from the same ancestor?
diviners
griots
gingko
clan
What was the capital city of Mali?
Timbuktu
Djenne
Nairobi
Dakar
Who was the Songhai leader who built the largest empire in West Africa?
Mansa Musa
Yoruba Kinte
Askia Muhammad
Sunni Ali
What was the group of people believed by many to be able to tell the future?
troubadors
diviners
griots
kingsmen
Who was the general for whom Songhai reached the height of its power?
Beru Sika
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Muhammad Ture
Who were the people of West Africa who believed their chief god sent his son in a canoe?
Olga
Yoruba
Ashanti
Lizzy
Name the four geographic zones of Africa
desert, mediterranean, grasslands, tundra
grasslands, desert, mediterranean, rainforest
grasslands, desert, savanna, mediterranean
mediterranean, grasslands, tundra, savanna
What two resources were most important in West Africa?
camel and donkey
salt and pepper
gold and silver
gold and salt
Where did Mansa Musa journey to, where he met scholars who spread Islam into Mali?
Makkah (Mecca)
Timbuktu
Istanbul
Kunara
