WorksheetsBrainpop! - Trans Saharan Trade
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which African region participated in the least trade during the first century?
Each of these conditions was an obstacle to crossing the Sahara, except:
Intense heat
Sandstorms
Earthquakes
Little water
Which group of people spent the most time in the Sahara desert?
Berbers
Ghanas
Scholars
Merchants
Which invention caused a sharp increase in trade across the Sahara?
What was exchanged in trans-Saharan trade?
Products and materials
Ideas and Culture
Enslaved People
All of these
Where did traders restock supplies during their journeys across the Sahara?
caravans
oases
berbers
Ghanas
How did the ghanas in the Sahel gain power in the ninth century?
By controlling the gold trade
by mining for gold
by domesticating cames
by waging wars on other kingdoms
Why was salt such a valuable item to trade?
It was the only seasoning available for cooking
It only came from outside Africa
It was used to transport gold
It could save food from spoiling
What was central Africa's most popular export?
Ivory
Gold
Textiles
Copper
Which of the following was an outcome of trans-Saharan trade?
West Africa became more connected with the world
New kingdoms developed in West Africa
Scholars recorded the first written records of Western Africa
All of these
