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Africa & Trade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region is richest in oil?

a)

West

b)

North

c)

West & Central

d)

South

2.

Mansa Musa took a ____________ to Mecca.

a)

migration

b)

surplus

c)

pilgrimage

d)

minerals

3.

Mansa Musa had a __________ of gold.

a)

pilgrimage

b)

inflation

c)

caravan

d)

surplus

4.

Which is true for the three great West African empires?

a)

they had strict laws

b)

they were all Islamic

c)

they overlapped

d)

they were all poorly governed

5.

What does migration mean?

a)

traveling in a group

b)

a holy journey

c)

permanently moving to a new place

d)

traveling from place to place

6.

Pictured in Mansa Musa's....

a)

caravan

b)

migration

c)

pilgrimage

d)

kingdom

7.

Which is considered a mineral?

a)

gold

b)

diamonds

c)

salt

d)

copper

8.

Which is considered both a mineral and a resource?

a)

gold

b)

quartz

c)

coffee

d)

salt

9.

Which physical feature is not shown ?

a)

Niger River

b)

Nile River

c)

Kalahari Dessert

d)

Sahara Dessert

10.

Match the feature to its correct region

a)

Sahara Dessert: West

b)

Kalahari Dessert: South

c)

Nile River: West

d)

Niger River: East

11.

Identify the climate AROUND the Niger River

a)

semi-dessert

b)

tropical rainforest

c)

dry savannah

d)

mediterranean

12.

Which region(s) would you travel to for diamonds?

a)

South & Central

b)

North & West

c)

South & East

d)

North & South

13.

Which is NOT a reason ancient kingdoms thrived?

a)

an abundance of resources

b)

trade routes

c)

expert leadership

d)

the slave trade

14.

Which is NOT a reason ancient kingdoms fell?

a)

slave trade

b)

famine

c)

war

d)

an abundance of resources

15.

Which is NOT a result of cultural diffusion and trade?

a)

the spread of religion

b)

Africans conquered Europe

c)

expansion of the slave trade

d)

trade between continents