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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. healers
B. government D. storytellers
2. In West African villages, what did most people's lives center on? A. farming C. making salt
B. 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. fishing
B. farms D. storytelling
5. How did griots pass on history and values?
A. by preserving manuscripts C. by videotaping important events
B. 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, desert
B. 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 iron
B. 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 routes
B. 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 storytelling
B. introduced gold D. introduced salt
10. How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?
A. by converting to Islam C. by taxing trade
B. 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
religion
B. 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 Islam
B. 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 trade
B, 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 encouraged
convert the people. people to come to Timbuktu.
B. He brought thousands of farmers to D. His wars with the Songhai greatly
his capital city. expanded the empire.

15. What was one of Sundiata's accomplishments?

A. He expanded the empire of Mali. C. He built the Sankore Mosque in
Timbuktu.
B. He made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
D. He defeated the Songhai invaders.
16. Why was Askia Muhammad an important ruler?
A. He took control of the camel trade. C.
He organized the government of the
Songhai empire.
B. He seized the throne of the Songhai D.
He personally converted many people
empire.
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 Ali
Sundiata Songhai Mansa Musa Griot
Askia 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 Africa
5. 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