Question 1

Who is the figure in this image?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Answer

Abraham

Answer

Muhammad Ali

Answer

Kublai Khan

Question 2

Which was the first of the great African empires?

Accepted Answer

Ghana

Answer

Mali

Answer

Songhai

Answer

Timbuktu

Question 3

Who were the Griots?

Accepted Answer

Keepers of the people's history through spoken word, without a system of writing.

Answer

Merchants in African trading depots.

Answer

Servants to the kings.

Answer

Families that trained camels in the desert.

Question 4

Which resource was mostly traded for gold?

Accepted Answer

Salt

Answer

Jade

Answer

Ivory

Answer

Oil

Question 5

What major religion replaced the traditional religions of West Africa?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Answer

Judaism

Answer

Buddhism

Answer

Christianity

Question 6

Most of North Africa, as well as about half of West Africa, is covered by...

Accepted Answer

The Sahara Desert

Answer

The Nile River

Answer

The Fertile Crescent

Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 7

How did Mali become a wealthy empire?

Accepted Answer

They controlled the gold and salt trade by conquering surrounding areas, including what was once Ghana.

Answer

They invited scholars to Timbuktu to create a university.

Answer

They sold cotton to traders.

Answer

Mali produced grain for the region.

Question 8

Who was the first powerful ruler of Mali?

Accepted Answer

Sundiata

Answer

Sunni Ali

Answer

Askia Muhammad

Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 9

Which empire was the first to promote education?

Accepted Answer

Mali

Answer

Rome

Answer

Ghana

Answer

Songhai

Question 10

Which river was most important to Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

Accepted Answer

The Niger River

Answer

The Nile River

Answer

The Euphrates River

Answer

The Indus River

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