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W. African Kingdoms

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What large body of water borders Africa to the north?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Black Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
3.
What physical feature of Africa impeded the movement of people, goods and ideas?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Red Sea
d)
Sahara Desert
4.
West Africa built universities to educate the people so they could read the Quran. What language did they have to learn? 
a)
Hebrew
b)
Greek
c)
Arabic
d)
Latin
5.
What West African trade good was used to preserve meat prior to refrigeration?
a)
Ivory
b)
Salt
c)
Gold
d)
Ice
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.

This king of Mali is thought to be the richest person that ever lived

a)

Askia

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Jeff Bezos

d)

Sundiata

10.
Which of these is the region of West Africa
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.

What Religion spread to West Africa by trade and gained popularity in the region?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Animism

12.

Which of the following is an accurate impact that Mansa Musa's Hajj had on West Africa?

a)

It put Mali on the "map"

b)

It made Mali very poor immediately

c)

It made West Africa less Islamic

d)

It spread Christianity to the region

13.

Which of the following best identifies this source and who is pictured on it?

a)

Caravan Atlas; Sundiata 

b)

West African Map created by Ibn Battuta 

c)

Caravan Atlas; Mansa Musa

d)

West African Map created by Marco Polo

14.

Which best describes how the people of Europe view Mansa Musa based on this depiction of him?

a)

That he was poor

b)

That he and his empire were rich but he was not a great ruler.

c)

That he and his empire were very wealthy.

15.

What trade routes are pictured here?

a)

Silk Road

b)

Trans-Atlantic Trade

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade

16.

Mansa Musa became famous during the Hajj he took to...

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Cairo

d)

Timbuktu