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1.5 Developments of Africa 1200-1450

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a griot?

a)

Storyteller preserving African history

b)

Muslim temple found in East Africa

c)

Coin used as currency in Mali empire

d)

Ship used by Indian Ocean merchants

2.
Mansa Musa is most famous for..?
a)
converting to Christianity
b)
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
c)
ruling Songhai
d)
not being a good leader
3.

What were the major items traded along the Trans Sahara Trade route

a)

gold, slaves and porcelain

b)

silk, porcelain, paper and gunpowder

c)

gold, slaves and spices

d)

gold, salt, slaves and ivory

4.

Why were camels used as pack animals along the Silk Road?

a)

They could carry heavy loads

b)

They did not require much water

c)

Both

5.

Name the two Muslim West African empires that benefited from Islamic trade

a)

Ghana and Mali

b)

Ghana and Egypt

c)

Malaysia and Indonesia

d)

Central China and Persia

6.

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

7.

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

a)

millet

b)

salt

c)

books

d)

textiles

8.
How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?
a)
by selling salt
b)
by converting to Islam
c)
by taxing trade
d)
by trading camels
9.
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
10.

Who was not one of the travelers who recorded journeys from 1200 to 1450?

a)

Ibn Battuta

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Margery Kempe

d)

Christopher Columbus

11.

What helped spread Tran-Sahara trade in the 1200 and 1300’s?

a)

The decline of Indian Ocean trade caused an increase in Tran-Sahara trade

b)

An increase in the south Africa trade routes from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia

c)

The completion of the Mediterranean subterranean passage all the way to Samarkand

d)

The development of as many as fifteen different forms of camel saddles

12.

What was significant about Ibn Battuta?

a)

He demonstrated the hostile intentions of Tran-Saharan Islam

b)

He traveled a long way primary to lean about Islam, his own religion

c)

He explored south Africa, and carried the Islamic religion to Zimbabwe and the Swahili states

d)

He and his ship travelled to the Strait of Malacca where he converted to Buddhism

13.

Where would you find this image

a)

Kush

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Axum

d)

Ghana

14.
Which African Society held on most fiercely to Christianity during Islam's expansion?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Mali
c)
Ghana
d)
Tunisia
15.
Over the course of 4,000 years, ____________ peoples of central Africa migrated south in search of farmland, spreading their language, culture, and farming & iron-working techniques
a)
Bantu
b)
Swahili
c)
Ghana
d)
Aksum
16.
The mix of Bantu African & Arab cultures led to a new language that developed called _______________
a)
Swahili
b)
Farsi
c)
Afrikans
d)
Shona
17.
Mali's first great leader, he came to power after crushing a cruel, unpopular leader
a)
Sundiata
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Aksum
d)
Songhai
18.
After Mansa Musa's death,
Mali declined & was replaced by the kingdom of 
______________.
a)
Ghana
b)
Songhai
c)
Aksum
d)
Kush
19.
Medieval West African societies were transformed by two powerful forces which were...?
a)
Trade; Islam
b)
Trade; Christianity
c)
Climate Change; Trade
d)
Christianity; Islam