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Unit Test - West Africa

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The main river that the Ghana empire started around:
a)
Nile
b)
Niger
c)
Volta
d)
Tigris
2.
West African empires were in a perfect spot to trade because they were in between 2 important natural resources:
a)
silver and diamonds
b)
silver and gold
c)
gold and rice
d)
gold and salt
3.

The Muslim leader of Mali who supported education, spread Islam, and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca was

a)

Sundiata

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Askia the Great

d)

Sunni Ali

4.

Which desert did the African trade routes have to cross?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Thar Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

5.

first West African Empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade.

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Griots

6.

second West African empire that prospered from gold-salt trade. After converting to Islam, became a center of Muslim culture.

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Griots

7.

The 3 kingdoms that were a part of the gold-salt trade?

a)

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

b)

Ghana, Songhai, and Persia

c)

Ghana, Mali, and Timbuktu

d)

Ghana, Songhai, and Rome

8.

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from Africa.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

The Transatlantic Slave Trading

c)

The Columbian Exchange

d)

Mercantilism

9.

To meet the massive demand for labor where did the Europeans look for slaves?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

10.

How were enslaved individuals affected by the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

Individuals suffered from brutal treatment in the Americas

b)

Individuals endured terrible conditions aboard ships in the Middle Passage

c)

Individuals attempted to preserve their African culture in the Americas

d)

All of the above

11.

When did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin?

a)

1619

b)

1620

c)

1621

d)

1622

12.

The process by which animals, plants and diseases crossed and had been exchanged to the New World (The Americas - South & North)

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

Mercantilism

d)

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

13.

What kingdom, in West Central Africa, was a complex society with female rulers who traded and later fought with the Portuguese?

a)

North America

b)

Ndongo Kingdom

c)

Animal Kingdom

d)

Songhai

14.

Where did the first Africans arrive, in 1619, located in modern day Virginia?

a)

Point Comfort

b)

Jamestown

c)

Richmond