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East African Trade and West African Empires

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Three important resources the Kingdom of Ghana traded were

a)

Salt, Pepper and Sugar

b)

Copper, Zinc and Mercury

c)

Gold, Salt and Iron

d)

Petroleum, Iron Ore and Coal

2.

How were goods transported across the desert for trade?

a)

Donkey Caravans

b)

Camel Caravans

c)

Train

d)

Sleds

3.

Who was the Kingdom of Mali's most famous leader?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Mansa Sundiata

c)

Muhammad

d)

King Solon

4.

Mansa Musa encouraged the spread of?

a)

Christianity

b)

Salt

c)

Islam

d)

Famine

5.

In 1464, Sunni Ali organized and expanded the Songhai Empire through religious tolerance. What does religious tolerance mean?

a)

To convert everyone to 1 religon

b)

To forbid anyone to practice religion

c)

To celebrate Christmas all year

d)

To allow people to practice their won beliefs and traditions

6.

When Aksia took control of the Songhai empire, what famous Islamic trade city flourished once again after being destroyed?

a)

Timbuktu

b)

Cairo

c)

Alexandria

d)

Rome

7.

How was most of West Africa's history passed down?

a)

epic poems

b)

oral history

c)

films

d)

cave paintings

8.

A short saying to teach a lesson is called a?

a)

motto

b)

fortune cookie

c)

fable

d)

proverb

9.

Besides sculptures and statues, West Africans also made these... that were carved to look like the faces of animals and used in rituals.

a)

Halloween costumes

b)

helmets

c)

masks

d)

hats

10.

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.

a)

taxes

b)

stamps

c)

an exchange

d)

spices

11.

By 1 AD the city of Aksum was an important trade center in East Africa and one of the main trade goods was?

a)

petroleum

b)

ivory

c)

diamonds

d)

leather

12.

King Ezana of Aksum made this religion the official religion of the kingdom.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Animism

d)

Christianity

13.

What is the language spoken by most East African business people today? It is a Bantu language mixed with Arabic.

a)

Swahili

b)

Afrikaans

c)

Latin

d)

Egyptian

14.

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.

a)

Congo River Basin

b)

Sudan

c)

Great Zimbabwe

d)

South Africa