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WorksheetsHistory of West and Central Africa
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
West Africans traded the gold they had for the salt they did not have
Colonialism
The Salt Trade
Imperialism
Malaria
What do you call the shipping of African people to the New World against their will?
Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Imperialism
Timbuktu
What do you call the policy by which Europeans built large empires overseas to benefit themselves instead of the people living there?
Colonialism
Salt Trade
Imperialism
Timbuktu
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Colonialism
The Salt Trade
Pan Africanism
Timbuktu
What is the name for the social movement to unite Africans across the continent and around the world?
Salt Trade
Imperialism
Savanna
Pan Africanism
Tombocktu
A regional trade center in medieval times, where caravans met to exchange salt from the Sahara Desert for gold, ivory, and slaves from the Sahel
An old antique shop
A train station
Imperialism
Ghana grew rich because of the trade of ______ and _______.
Salt and Iron
Gold and Iron
Gold and Salt
Salt and Ore
After the empire of Ghana fell, the empire of _______________ was established in nearly the same place.
Mali
Southern Ghana
Kenya
Morocco
The king of this new empire was named ________.
Ibn Buttata
Mansa Musa
King Ali
Aladin
________ was an Arab lawyer who travelled around the Islamic lands for 30 years spreading Islam and keeping and written journals about his experiences.
Ivan Bennett
Mansa Musa
King Ali
Ibn Battuta
________ was an Arab lawyer who travelled around the Islamic lands for 30 years spreading Islam and keeping and written journals about his experiences.
Ivan Bennett
Mansa Musa
King Ali
Ibn Battuta
The large geographical feature in the north of Africa which tremendously affected the way in which North Africans lived is called the ____________.
Sahel
Sahara
Savannah
Rainforest
____________ was an important African leader who led a pilgrimage of 8,000 people to Mecca and exposed Europeans and Arabs to West African civilization.
King Ali
Ibn Battuta
Ms. L
Mansa Musa
This biome is known as the transition zone
Sahel
Savannah
Sahara
Rainforest
This biome is very wet and humid.
Sahel
Savannah
Rainforest
Sahara
Which of the following made West African farming more efficient?
iron tools (ironworking)
improved seeds
terraced hills
irrigation systems
What is a surplus?
A big city
A small amount
Not enough
Extra
Geography affected settlement patterns in West Africa.
True
False
What river is located in the west of Ghana?
The Congo
The Niger
Nigeria
Kenya
Where did the salt come from?
Sahel
Sahara
Savannah
Rainforest
How did the gold-salt trade benefit Ghana?
From selling salt
From selling gold
From charging the miners to dig for gold
From collecting taxes from traders.
What was the largest city in Mansa Musa’s empire?
Kenya
Mali
Timbuktu
Ghana
Donkeys were important pack animals for caravans in trans-Saharan trade.
True
False
_______ is when a stronger country dominates a weaker country politically, economically, and socially.
Isolationism
Nationalism
Globalization
Imperialism
What was one motivation for European Imperialism in Africa?
Camels. They needed camels.
the Atlantic Slave Trade
Access to the Congo.
natural resources and raw materials.
Which statement best describes the purpose of the Berlin Conference.
So European countries could divide Africa in a civil manner.
To decide how European countries would help Africa.
To end the slave trade.
Why was salt so important to early African kingdoms?
Salt was used as medicine.
Salt aided in digestion.
Salt was used to preserve meat
It was used in soap as an exfoliator.
