Test Your West African Empires Quiz
African Empires was an umbrella term used in African studies which referred to a number of historical states in Africa with multinational structures. Today we’ll be quizzing you on African Empires in the west of the continent.
- 1.One similarity between the ancient African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai is that all of these kingdoms were located ___________?
- A.
In rain forest areas
- B.
In mountainous terrain
- C.
On major trading routes
- D.
On the European border
- 2.How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?
- A.
By ambushing merchants and stealing their goods.
- B.
By collecting a tax on all merchants or traders who went through their land
- C.
By allowing trade only on certain days of the week
- D.
By bribing traders who came to them
- 3.A major trading town in the African savanna was?
- A.
Timbuktu
- B.
Zimbabwe
- C.
Accra
- D.
Cairo
- 4.Ancient African kingdoms, such as Ghana and Mali, based their economic systems on which of the following:
- A.
Oil exports
- B.
Fishing
- C.
Hunting and gathering
- D.
Trade and agriculture
- 5.Mali reached the height of its wealth, power, and fame under _____________________, its most famous ruler.
- A.
Ramses II
- B.
Askia Muhammed
- C.
Mansa Musa
- D.
The Hittites
- 6.Griots are _____________________.
- A.
A group of people who formed the empire of Mali
- B.
West African storytellers
- C.
Bandits who hung out on the trade route
- D.
People who opposed the king
- 7.Visitors traveled to Timbuktu because _______________________.
- A.
They wanted to relax in the sun and swim in the ocean
- B.
It was loaded with Egypt's treasures
- C.
They charged no tax to stay in the city
- D.
It was the center of Islamic learning with schools and mosques.
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