West African Kingdoms (1)
 

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1Ancient African kingdoms, such as Ghana and Mali, based their economic systems primarily on?:
oil exports.
commercial fishing.
hunting and gathering.
agriculture and trade.
2Before West African civilizations had contact with Europeans, these civilizations developed?:
art that included bronze, gold, and clay sculptures.
economies that did not rely on trade.
one system of government for the entire system.
social systems that emphasized the nuclear family.
3One similarity between the ancient African kingdoms of Egypt, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai is that all of these kingdoms were located?:
in mountainous terrain.
in coastal areas.
on major trading routes.
in rain forest areas.
4In the ancient kingdom of Mali and in the Roman Republic, an important feature of life was the development of?:
codified laws.
the Islamic religion.
social and political equality.
agricultural communes.
5Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca in the 1300s is evidence that?:
the Crusades had a great influence on western Africa.
most African leaders were educated in the Middle East.
European culture was superior to the cultures of western Africa.
Islam had a major influence on the Mali Empire.
6A major trading town in the African savanna was?:
Timbuktu.
Tikal.
Kinshasa.
Zimbabwe.
7How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?:
by ambushing merchants and stealing their goods.
by bribing merchants for a percentage of their profits.
by collecting a toll on all goods entering or leaving Ghana.
by allowing trade on only certain days of the week.
8The laws introduced by Askia Muhammed were based on?:
a respect for ancestor worship.
the teachings of the Quran.
the teachings of Sundiata.
the social code of the Berbers.
9With the collapse of the trade routes across the Sahara, political and economic power in Africa shifted to the coast of the?:
Red Sea.
Indian Ocean.
Mediterranean Sea.
Atlantic Ocean.