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Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Quiz by JOHN HAGENMAIER

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  • Q1
    Mali, like Ghana & Songhai, was located on the ___ River in West Africa
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    Nile
    Congo
    Niger
    Zambezi
    30s
  • Q2
    Mali was on the Niger River, and its soil was ___ (or farmable) and allowed them to control river trade
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    delta
    desertified
    pasture
    fertile
    30s
  • Q3
    this Mali man was a hero because of the way he helped earn Mali's independence again
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    Muhammad Ali
    Nelson Mandela
    Mansa Musa
    Sundiata
    30s
  • Q4
    one way Sundiata helped Mali was to take over the same gold & ___ trade that Ghana also had
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    salt
    coal
    river
    diamond
    30s
  • Q5
    Sundiata helped Mali by improving ___ (or farming) & making farms for crops like beans, onions, & rice
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    irrigation
    urbanization
    agriculture
    30s
  • Q6
    Sundiata introduced a new crop, ____, which is used to make clothing
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    rice
    millet
    cotton
    barley
    30s
  • Q7
    ___ ___, the most famous ruler of Mali, when Mali reached its peak of wealth, power, & fame
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    Muhammad
    Mansa Musa
    Sunni Ali
    30s
  • Q8
    Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to ___ in Arabia spread Mali's fame & let others learn about his kingdom
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    Hajj
    Israel
    Mecca
    Palestine
    30s
  • Q9
    walls & buildings in Timbuktu were built of dried ___ or dirt bricks, which means they could wash away in the rain
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    bricks
    plaster
    mud
    adobe
    30s
  • Q10
    Mansa Musa wanted people in Mali to learn to read so they could read the ___, Islam's holy book, in Arabic
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    Bible
    Vedas
    Qur'an
    Torah
    30s
  • Q11
    Islamic religious buildings, which Mansa Musa built in his kingdom to spread the faith
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    synagogue
    basilicas
    temples
    mosques
    30s
  • Q12
    in 1431 ___ nomads took Timbuktu, and by 1500 the Mali kingdom ended
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    Portuguese
    Spanish
    Tuareg
    Kushites
    30s
  • Q13
    the language the Qur'an was written in, which people need to learn in order to read the Qur'an
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    Urdu
    Cuneiform
    Arabic
    Persian
    30s
  • Q14
    in Songhai, Timbuktu drew 1000s of people to its ___ (or colleges), schools, libraries, & mosques
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    universities
    30s
  • Q15
    Songhai's collapsed when people from ___ in North Africa invaded (WITH GUNS) trying to get control of their salt mines
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    Morocco
    Spain
    Egypt
    Nigeria
    30s

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