1. Africa Unit Exam Review
Teams of 8
10-30 seconds to answer each question
Use your notes and handouts to help chose the correct answer
Discuss in your group, but talk at a very low level so the other teams cannot hear your answers
One person writes the answer (the number) on the whiteboard and will stand up to show it
All teams show whiteboard at the same time
New group member writes the answer after each question
The wining group will get a raffle ticket for each member!!!!!!

2. 2. Which type of land are you most likely to encounter if you travel across northern Africa?
rain forest
savannah
desert
tundra

3. 4. The Tiber River is to Rome as the ________ River is to West Africa.
Congo
Mississippi
Nile
Niger

4. 1. What are the major vegetation zones of West Africa?
desert, farmland, swamps, savannah
desert, sahel, savannah, rain forest
forest, mountains, desert, valleys
rivers, forest, desert, oceans

5. 6. What information does the map show?
Trans-Saharan trade in Africa
Rain forests in the Middle East
Vegetation zones in Africa
Growth of Islam in Africa

6. 8. Why does Africa have such a great variety of geographic features?
Africa covers a small area of land.
Africa covers a very large area so there are many types of land within it.
The climate of Africa is unstable.
The climate of the region never changes.

7. 3. What is the importance of the Niger River in West Africa
It was a source of water, rich soil, & trade
It was a source of ocean water.
It was a watering hole for animals.
It was not a meaningful river.

8. 9. Which animal helped to make trade across the Sahara desert possible?
horses
elephants
mules
camels

9. 7. Looking at the map, what bodies of water surround southern Africa?
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean
Red Sea and Indian Ocean

10. 5. What is the meaning of the term “trans-Sahara”?
across the Sahara desert
away from the Sahara desert
around the Sahara desert
under the Sahara desert

11. 14. The map primarily shows contact from who?
explorers who were mapping Central Africa.
North African traders who crossed the Sahara desert into West Africa.
Christian missionaries from the Middle East.
barbarians invading from the Roman Empire.

12. 11. What was salt used for in West Africa?
as a fertilizer for crops
religious ceremonies
to season and preserve food
as a symbol of wealth

13. 12. How did the people of Ghana increased the value of the gold they traded?
destroying gold to keep the supply low.
showing everyone the sources of the gold.
making more gold when supplies ran low.
keeping the source of gold a secret.

14. 13. What did the kings of Ghana do to gain power
gain control of the valuable trade routes
own more camels than other states
form alliances with other groups of people
build the strongest wall in all of Africa.

15. 21. Which language did West Africans adopt to serve as their written language?
Arabic
English
Islamic
Spanish

16. 23. What does this picture show about West African culture?
the spread of Latin as a written language
the influence of traditional West African griot storytelling
the influence of Islam and the growth of Arabic as a written language
the rise of Christianity in Africa

17. 19. How did Mansa Musa’s travels affect the development of the Mali Empire?
He ended slavery in Mali.
He gave away all of the empire’s gold.
He attracted scholars to Timbuktu, which increased cultural growth and trade.
He forced people to pray in mosques.

18. 16. What did the kings of Ghana do to gain wealth?
convert to Islam
sell salt
tax trade within their empire
trade camels

19. 17. What religion was brought to Africa as a result of new trade and cultural exchanges?
Christianity
Islam
Animism
Buddhism

20. 10. Which mineral resources were most valuable to traders in Africa?
granite and coal
salt and gold
iron and diamonds
oil and silver

21. 25. How did Islam influence Ghana and Mali rulers?
Islam’s use of storytelling helped Muslims gain power in the government.
Incorporation of Shar’iah, Islamic laws gave rulers more power.
Islam’s lack of laws allowed rulers to do whatever they wanted
Islam’s many laws kept the rulers weak.

22. 18. How did the Berber traders influence life in Ghana?
They introduced written language, Arabic.
They introduced Islam to Ghana.
They brought the salt trade to Ghana.
All of the above

23. 15. Looking at the map, which city, along the Niger river, was a major trade and cultural center of Ghana and Mali?
Marrakesh
Saleh
Songhai
Timbuktu

24. 20. Which of the following is NOT a way that Mansa Musa spread Islam and education throughout Mali?
He stressed the importance of reading and writing in Arabic
He hired architects and artists from other empires to build mosques.
He sent scholars to study in Morocco and then set up schools in Mali.
He forced everyone to convert to Islam.

25. 22. Which of the following is an example of how West Africans combined their traditional beliefs with Islam
They became monotheistic, but continued to use amulets.
They refused to pray five times a day.
They continued to be polytheistic, but stopped ancestor worship.
They refused to read the Qur’an.

26. 24. What does this text show?
West Africans built mosques that blended Islamic architectural style with their own traditional art.
Islamic architecture over-powered traditional West African culture.
Islamic architecture was more attractive than West African architecture.
West Africans combined Islamic culture into their own traditional culture.
West African totally resisted Islamic culture.