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Brainpop! - Trans Saharan Trade

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which African region participated in the least trade during the first century?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Each of these conditions was an obstacle to crossing the Sahara, except:

a)

Intense heat

b)

Sandstorms

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Little water

3.

Which group of people spent the most time in the Sahara desert?

a)

Berbers

b)

Ghanas

c)

Scholars

d)

Merchants

4.

Which invention caused a sharp increase in trade across the Sahara?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

What was exchanged in trans-Saharan trade?

a)

Products and materials

b)

Ideas and Culture

c)

Enslaved People

d)

All of these

6.

Where did traders restock supplies during their journeys across the Sahara?

a)

caravans

b)

oases

c)

berbers

d)

Ghanas

7.

How did the ghanas in the Sahel gain power in the ninth century?

a)

By controlling the gold trade

b)

by mining for gold

c)

by domesticating cames

d)

by waging wars on other kingdoms

8.

Why was salt such a valuable item to trade?

a)

It was the only seasoning available for cooking

b)

It only came from outside Africa

c)

It was used to transport gold

d)

It could save food from spoiling

9.

What was central Africa's most popular export?

a)

Ivory

b)

Gold

c)

Textiles

d)

Copper

10.

Which of the following was an outcome of trans-Saharan trade?

a)

West Africa became more connected with the world

b)

New kingdoms developed in West Africa

c)

Scholars recorded the first written records of Western Africa

d)

All of these