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WorksheetsUnit Three Test
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
An item that has been discovered from an older civilization
Artifact
Nok
Jenne-jeno
Sahara
An ancient West African city built along the Niger River, which existed for 1600 years
Artifact
Jenne-jeno
Nok
Sahara
A people living in West Africa in the 500s BCE who mastered ironworking
Artifact
Jenne-jeno
Nok
Sahara
A desert in North Africa
Artifact
Jenne-jeno
Nok
Sahara
A zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes and a few trees grow
Savanna
Sahel
Smelting
Tribute
A vegetation zone of tall gresses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season
Savanna
Sahel
Smelting
Tribute
The process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it
Savanna
Sahel
Smelting
Tribute
Payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission
Sahel
Savanna
Smelting
Tribute
A medieval civilization in Western Africa
Trans-Saharan Trade
Patrilineal
Ghana
Matrilineal
A family line traced through the mother
Ghana
Matrilineal
Trans-Saharan Trade
Patrilineal
Trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara
Ghana
Matrilineal
Trans-Saharan Trade
Patrilineal
A family line traced through the father
Ghana
Matrilineal
Trans-Saharan Trade
Patrilineal
What was one economy effect of the four vegetation zones in West Africa?
Most people lived in one zone
People from different zones HAD to trade with each other
Most people lived as nomads
People from different zones spoke different languages
What is the correct process that allowed families to develop into kingdoms?
community-village-city-kingdom
community-city-village-kingdom
village-community-city-kingdom
city-village-community-kingdom
Which of the following made West African farming more efficient?
Iron tools
Improved seeds
terraced hills
irrigation systems
How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana?
From wood carvings in the forest
From royal tax collection records
From writings of Arab (Muslim) scholars
From paintings on salt mine walls
How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?
By mining salt
By selling gold
By buying camels
By taxing goods
How did the spread of Islam in the 600s contribute to the growth of trade?
The hajj promoted international travel
Arabs conquered the kingdom of Ghana
Muslims became merchants in West African towns
North African nomads refused to convert
What are the TWO reasons the trans-Saharan trade increased after 300?
Spread of Islam
Discovery of Salt
Population Increase
Introduction of Camels
Why do historians not know the location of the gold mines of Wangara?
The miners kept the site a secret
Arab traders agreed not to tell
Oral traditions name two places
The written records are lost
People who lived in the southern forests of West Africa wanted which product
Leather
Salt
Gold
Iron
People who lived in North Africa wanted which product?
Leather
Salt
Iron
Gold
What are the TWO factors that led to the decline of Ghana?
Spread of Islam
Loss of Natural Resources
War
The location of Wangara Gold Mines
Why were camels used to travel through the Saharan desert?
They could flu
They were faster
They were cheaper than horses
They could store a lot of water and their eye lashes
What is the CORRECT order, from north to south, of the vegetation zones in Africa?
Sahel, Forest Zone, Savanna, Sahara
Sahara, Savanna, Sahel, Forest Zone
Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, Forest Zone
Forest Zone, Savanna, Sahel and Sahara
True or False: Trade and iron work supported the growth of kingdoms and empires
True
False
