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WorksheetsEast African Trade and West African Empires
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Three important resources the Kingdom of Ghana traded were
Salt, Pepper and Sugar
Copper, Zinc and Mercury
Gold, Salt and Iron
Petroleum, Iron Ore and Coal
How were goods transported across the desert for trade?
Donkey Caravans
Camel Caravans
Train
Sleds
Who was the Kingdom of Mali's most famous leader?
Mansa Musa
Mansa Sundiata
Muhammad
King Solon
Mansa Musa encouraged the spread of?
Christianity
Salt
Islam
Famine
In 1464, Sunni Ali organized and expanded the Songhai Empire through religious tolerance. What does religious tolerance mean?
To convert everyone to 1 religon
To forbid anyone to practice religion
To celebrate Christmas all year
To allow people to practice their won beliefs and traditions
When Aksia took control of the Songhai empire, what famous Islamic trade city flourished once again after being destroyed?
Timbuktu
Cairo
Alexandria
Rome
How was most of West Africa's history passed down?
epic poems
oral history
films
cave paintings
A short saying to teach a lesson is called a?
motto
fortune cookie
fable
proverb
Besides sculptures and statues, West Africans also made these... that were carved to look like the faces of animals and used in rituals.
Halloween costumes
helmets
masks
hats
An East African port city, Kilwa was a royal Islamic city with lush gardens. Kilwa's rulers charged _____ on all goods that entered their port.
taxes
stamps
an exchange
spices
By 1 AD the city of Aksum was an important trade center in East Africa and one of the main trade goods was?
petroleum
ivory
diamonds
leather
King Ezana of Aksum made this religion the official religion of the kingdom.
Buddhism
Islam
Animism
Christianity
What is the language spoken by most East African business people today? It is a Bantu language mixed with Arabic.
Swahili
Afrikaans
Latin
Egyptian
This East African great trade city was rich and powerful through gold trade. You can still see the impressive stone-walled structures where the rich and powerful leaders and their families lived, still standing today.
Congo River Basin
Sudan
Great Zimbabwe
South Africa
