WorksheetsAfrican Kingdom Historical Snapshot Quiz SS6U2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Kingdom of Ghana was located between what two rivers?
The Yellow River and the Red River
The Senegal River and the Niger River
The Port River and the Starside River
The North River and the West River
What two major resources were equally valued and traded in Ghana?
Gold and salt
Salt and silk
Goats and goat milk
Camels and iron
What type of items did the people of Ghana make when they discovered iron?
Wheels for chariots and carts
Crowns and jewelry
Boats such as sailboats
Strong farming tools and weapons such as spearheads and blades
What term do historians call groups of traders that traveled along trade routes in North Africa on camelback?
Carry casers
Barbarians
Saharians
Caravans
Which religion of the people of Ghana believed that plants, natural objects, and natural phenomena could have a soul?
Buddhism
Plantism
Animism
Koumbi Saleh
What did Ghana demand from neighboring tribes in exchange for agreeing not to attack?
A. A tax called paying tribute
B. A blood oath
C. They didn't make these types of agreements
D. A tax called orofinas
When Sundiata overthrew the weakened emperor of Ghana, he increased the territory of his empire to include more what?
Jungle
Savanna, or grassland
Silkworms
Shorelines
Which product did Sundiata introduce to the people of his expanded empire that helped them stay cool in their hot climate?
Hemp
Soy sauce
Ice
Cotton
In addition to animism, the people of Mali believed that their leadership could provide food by communicating with who?
Water spirits
The Earth's heart
The people's ancestors
The Lions
As a result of this belief, what did he have built in Timbuktu?
A. A university
B. A statue of a scholar he admired
C. A huge mosque
D. None of the above
How did Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca improve Mali’s economy?
Scholars and architects went to Mali for well-paid jobs under Musa
Musa’s wealth attracted traders from Asia and other parts of Africa to trade with Mali
Scholars came to Timbuktu to establish universities and libraries, making Timbuktu a major learning center
All of the above
Geography/ Government: Songhai attacked and conquered the Kingdom of Mali, but kept which city as their capital along the Niger River?
A. Gao
B. Selahm
C. Timbuktu
D. Senegal
Which leader from Songhai increased Songhai’s power, organized providences with local leadership, and returned Timbuktu and Djenne to their former glory as learning centers?
Sunni Ellah the Fierce
Ali Baba the Vast
Song Lee the Bard
Askia the Great
Why did Muslim leadership in the Kingdom of Songhai allow their people to continue their animism and ancestral worship?
The leadership wasn’t actively participating in Muslim practices
Tolerance for other religions created peace and stability for the kingdom
Promoted trade with Asia and other parts of Africa
Both B and C are correct
Which of the following was NOT a major trade item in the Kingdom of Songhai?
Gold, ivory, and copper
Kola Nuts
Horses
Peanuts
