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Kingdoms of Africa

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ruler made Christianity the official religion in the Kingdom of Aksum?

a)

King Ezana

b)

King Constantine

c)

Prince Siddhartha Gautama

d)

King Asoka

2.

How many ethnic groups does the term "Bantu" describe?

a)

5,000

b)

2,000

c)

400

d)

300

3.

How many pounds of gold was traded each year in Great Zimbabwe?

a)

1,000

b)

1,500

c)

1,400

d)

2,000

4.

Which was NOT the reasons for the decline of Ghana’s empire in the 1200's?

a)

rebellion by people Ghana had conquered

b)

Almoravids invasion

c)

herds overgrazing

d)

a corrupt Ghanian army

5.

Ghana controlled the trade in

(a)  

6.

When did Ethiopia become a powerful kingdom?

a)

in the late 300s

b)

in the 600s and 700s

c)

about 1150

d)

by the end of the 1200s

7.

What abandoned empire do scholars believe that drought and environmental issues could have contributed to its fall?

a)

Kongo

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Mali

d)

Songhai

8.

What kingdom disagreed with the slave trade and cut ties with Portugal because of it?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Kongo

d)

Songhai

9.

What ruler was know for capturing important trading cities and spreading Islam by building mosques throughout West Africa?

a)

Askia the Great

b)

Sunni Ali

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Sundiata

10.

Which kingdom did Portugal take over after its decline?

a)

Mali

b)

Songhai

c)

Great Zimbabwe

d)

Kongo

11.

The Aksum people practice what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Pagans

d)

Judaism

12.

Ethiopians are descendants of which empire?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Aksum

d)

Songhai

13.

The capital of Songhai is ?

a)

Timbuktu

b)

Bantu

c)

Byzantine

d)

Gao

14.

_____ kept the location of the gold mines secret from the salt traders.

a)

The descendants of the Aksum

b)

A silent barter

c)

The Shona people

d)

Taxes