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Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)

1. For many African societies, what were kinship groups?A. army C. healersB. government D. storytellers

2. In West African villages, what did most people's lives center on? A. farmingC. making saltB. hunting and gathering D. mining gold -

3. How did labor specialization affect the economy?A. It reduced the number of small C. It attracted specialists from all over the

farmers, which harmed the economy. world, creating a booming economy.B. It changed the focus to export of D. It created a diverse economy.

goods.

4. As trade in West Africa grew, what else expanded and grew there? A. cities C. fishingB. farms D. storytelling

5. How did griots pass on history and values?A. by preserving manuscripts C. by videotaping important eventsB. by writing down important events D. by telling stories and singing songs

6. What are the three vegetation zones of West Africa?A. desert, farmland, grasslands C. forests, mountains, desertB. desert, grasslands, forests D. rivers, forests, desert

7. What trade goods did West Africa supply to North Africa?A, cloth, hides, and iron C. gold, slaves, and ironB. fold, cloth, and salt D. iron, salt, and cloth

8. Who were the Berbers?A. North African nomads who C. the original inhabitants of Ghana

established trans-Saharan trade routesB. traders of gold from West Africa D. upper-class people of Ghana

9. How did Berber traders influence Ghana?A. introduced written language C. introduced storytellingB. introduced gold D. introduced salt

10. How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?A. by converting to Islam C. by taxing tradeB. by selling salt D. by trading camels

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11. Who were Ghana's main converts to Islam?A. people who had practiced traditional C. Ghana's women

religionB. upper-class people in cities D. farmers and herders

12. How did Ghana's common people react to Islamic beliefs?A. abandoned traditional beliefs C. blended traditional beliefs IslamB. refused to convert to Islam D. tried to convert Islamic scholars

13. What could happen to kings of Ghana if they rejected traditional religion? A. anger upper classes C. lose gold tradeB, anger trading partners D, lose throne

14. How did Mansa Musa help develop the empire of Mali?

A. He invited many Muslims to Mali to C. His pilgrimage to Mecca encouragedconvert the people. people to come to Timbuktu.

B. He brought thousands of farmers to D. His wars with the Songhai greatlyhis capital city. expanded the empire.

15. What was one of Sundiata's accomplishments?A. He expanded the empire of Mali. C.

B. He made a pilgrimage to Mecca.D.

16. Why was Askia Muhammad an important ruler? A. He took control of the camel trade. C.

B. He seized the throne of the Songhai D. empire.

He built the Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu.He defeated the Songhai invaders.

He organized the government of the Songhai empire.He personally converted many people to Islam.

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Vocabulary-Use the word bank below to find the correct vocabulary word for each definition. (3 pts. Each)

Word Bank:Ghana Clan Timbuktu Sunni AliSundiata Songhai Mansa Musa GriotAskia Muhammad Mali Labor Specialization Vegetation Zone

1. An official storyteller_______________2. The doing of specific types of work by trained or knowledgeable

workers_________________3. A region that has certain plants_________________________4. A region between the Sahara and the forests of West Africa5. A West African people whose leaders created a great empire after

1400______________6. A West African empire founded by the Malinke people

__________________________7. A king of Mali who went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324

8. The leader of the Malinke people___________________9. A ruler of the Songhai empire who took power in 1493_________________10. A leader who captured Timbuktu for the Songhai people____________________

Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper. (10 points each)16. How did Ghana's geographic location contribute to its development as a powerful

empire?

Think About:- the vegetation zones and resources to the north of Ghana - the vegetation zones and resources to the south of Ghana - trade routes from north to south