1. Chapter 5 and 6
Quizzes

2. Chapter 5, Section 1
1. ___________ is the second largest continent on Earth.
2. In eastern Africa, mountains extend alongside great____________ which are long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the Earth’s crust.
3. The area of Africa south of the Sahara is known as_____________.
4. Along the ___________ River in West Africa great civilizations arose.
Africa
Rifts
Sub-Saharan
Niger

3. Chapter 5, Section 1
5. The band of land that divides the Sahara Desert from wetter areas to its south is known as ____________.
6. Tall grasses, shrubs, scattered trees, and grazing animals are characteristic of a type of grassland called a ________________.
7. When ancient lakes dried up, they left behind_________________, leaving western Africa with a highly valuable mineral resource.
Sahel
Savannah
Salt

4. Chapter 5, Section 1
8. The watery region of low-lying lakes and marshes at the middle section of the Niger River is known as an ______________.
9. Typical of a ______________ are densely wooded areas that receive a tremendous amount of rainfall.
Inland Delta
Rain forest

5. T T F: Age Set Chapter 5, Section 2 Quiz True/ False- correct
1. The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits is called animism.
2. An extended family for a typical West African family consists of the father, mother, children, and near relatives all living in one household.
3. In some areas, people took part in Timbuktu, which is a group of men or women who had been born within the same two or three years and formed special bonds. T T
F: Age Set

6. 4. Around 500 BC, West Africans learned that certain kinds of rock could be heated to yield a hard metal called iron.
5. The Berbers were one of the earliest people to use iron to make tools and weapons.
6. The Nok used their knowledge of the desert to lead caravans across the Sahara. T
F: Nok
F: Berbers

7. Chapter 6, Section 1 Quiz
1. _______ was an empire in West Africa that became powerful by controlling the gold & salt trade and by taxing all who came their to trade.
2. _________ is useful in making weapons and farm tools.
3. ________ is used to preserve food and made bland food tasty.
4. The ___________ were threatened by nomadic herders so they banded together for protection and became the first people of Ghana.
Ghana
Iron
Salt
Soninke

8. Koumbi Saleh Almoravids tax Overgrazing
5. ____________ is the process by which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly.
6. _______________ was Ghana’s main city, an oasis for travelers and a great trading center.
7. _________ was a king of Ghana with a splendid court where he displayed the wealth of the empire.
8. _____________ attacked Ghana in the 1060’s.
9. Ghana’s rulers charged a ______ to merchants entering and leaving Ghana.
10. _____________ was when the animals ate all of the grass and left the soil to blow away.
Silent Barter
Koumbi Saleh
Tunka Manin
Almoravids
tax
Overgrazing

9. Chapter 6, Section 2 Quiz
1. Mali’s location on the ___________ allowed its people to control trade on the river.
2. According to legend, Mali’s rise to power began under a ruler named______________.
3. A new crop introduced under the rule of Mali’s first leader was______________.
4. Local leaders took the title _________ and had both political and religious roles in society.
5. Mali’s greatest and most famous ruler was a Muslim king named _____________.
Niger River
Sundiata
cotton
Mansa
Mansa Musa

10. 6. _________, a city in Mali, was famous for its schools.
7. In his first years as ruler, the Mansa Musa sent scholars to study in __________.
8. Signaling the decline of the Mali empire, the city of ____________ declared its independence in the late 1400s.
9. In 1431, nomads from the Sahara called ___________ invaded Mali.
10. The decline of Mali began under the rule of ________, the son of the empire’s greatest leader.
Timbuktu
Morocco
Gao
Tuareg
Maghan

11. Chapter 6, Section 3 Quiz
1. _______ eventually conquered all of Mali, and went on to develop trade centers and build up his capital of Gao.
2. _____________ was a Muslim army general who led the rebellion that overthrew Sunni Baru.
3. Moroccan troops invaded Songhai, using a terrible new weapon called an _________, which was an early form of a gun.
4. Muslims rebelled against _________ because they were afraid that they would lose trade and power because he was not a Muslim.
Sunni Ali
Askia the Great
arquebus
Sunni Baru

12. 5. A group of people called the __________ gave their name to the last of the great West African trade empires.
6. The term _________ is a title of military rank.
Songhai
Askia
1. Which grew in strength as Mali weakened?
a) Ghana b) Mecca
c) Songhai d) Morocco

13. 2. What river brought precious water to an otherwise dry region?
a) Congo b) Zambezi
c) Nile d) Niger
3. Who lead the successful rebellion against Sunni Baru and transformed Songhai into an Islamic Empire?
a) Sundiata b) Sunni Ali
c) Askia the Great d) Sunni Baru

14. 4. What great city contained the University of Sankore?
a) Mecca b) Timbuktu
c) Gao d) Djenne
5. Moroccan invaders of Songhai were armed with which of the following?
a) arquebus b) sankore
c) cataract d) hajj

15. Chapter 6, Section 4
1. __________ was the only written language used by the early civilizations of West Africa.
2. _____________ is a spoken record of past events.
3. _________ were storytellers of early West Africa.
4. Short sayings of wisdom or truth are called______________.
Arabic
Oral History
Griots
Proverbs

16. 7. African masks were made of ___________.
5. ___________ was an Arabic scholar who was one of the first people to write about West Africa.
6. _____________ was the last of the major Muslim visitors to West Africa.
7. African masks were made of ___________.
8. __________ is brightly colored fabric woven by hand.
al- Masudi
Leo Africanus
wood
Kente