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100

To which group did Kumbi fall in 1240?

  • Mande people of Mali
  • Arab sailors of Guinea
  • gold miners of Wangara
  • Almoravids of North Africa
  • Mande people of Mali
100

Which of these factors caused the resources of Ghana to decline? 

  • decrease in the population able to produce food
  • raids that captured Ghanaian people to be enslaved
  • heavy rains that carried away the fertile topsoil
  • iron furnaces for which people cut trees for fuel
  • iron furnaces for which people cut trees for fuel
100

What is the best title for the list below?    

• balafon    • ngoni    • kora

  • Styles of West African Folktales
  • Dances in West African Rituals
  • West African Musical Instruments
  • West African Traditional Ceremonies
  • West African Musical Instruments
100

Sculptures from the ancient Nok culture were formed from

  • terra-cotta.
  • gold plate.
  • iron and brass.
  • rare wood.
  • terra-cotta.
100

Some of the most famous griots today are known through their

  • popular music.
  • large museums.
  • printed calendars.
  • scientific discoveries.
  • popular music.
200

How did the king conduct imperial business and address the people’s concerns?

  • in secret councils
  • in a grand daily court
  • in one large yearly meeting
  • in a room nobody else could enter


  • in a grand daily court
200

Many West African folktales feature a hare. In these stories, the hare 

  • wins by physical strength.
  • outsmarts other characters.
  • tells stories of local history.
  • has a great deal of good luck.
  • outsmarts other characters.
200

How did the spread of Islam in the 600s contribute to the growth of trade?

  • The hajj promoted international travel.
  • Arabs conquered the kingdom of Ghana.
  • Muslims became merchants in West African towns.
  • North African nomads refused to convert.
  • Muslims became merchants in West African towns.
200

The genealogy of a family gives information about the family members’

  • jobs.
  • houses
  • ancestry.
  • recreation.
  • ancestry.
200

How have historians learned about the kingdom of Ghana? 

  • from writings of Arab scholars
  • from wood carvings in the forest
  • from royal tax collection records
  • from paintings on salt mine walls
  • from writings of Arab scholars
300

Which term best describes a job of a griot? 

  • trading goods
  • carving masks
  • curing diseases
  • keeping records
  • keeping records
300

What is the best title for this list?

[• ability to hold large amount of water • double rows of eyelashes • hairy ear openings]

  • Donkey: The Best Pack Animal
  • Desert Survival Traits of Camels
  • Skills Used in Dry Environments
  • Characteristics of Arabian Horses
  • Desert Survival Traits of Camels
300

In which language were most of the earliest books written in West Africa? 

  • Latin
  • Arabic
  • Mande
  • Egyptian
  • Arabic
300

Which phrase best describes Ghana’s military troops?

  • enslaved people chosen for their skill and strength
  • adult male members of the king's family
  • regular career army plus trained reserves
  • free soldiers from conquered kingdoms
  • regular career army plus trained reserves
300

How did traditional West African folktales come to the Americas? 

  • Traders sold them.
  • Enslaved people brought them.
  • Explorers discovered them.
  • Missionaries wrote them down.
  • Enslaved people brought them.
400

Which term best describes the role of Ghana in the trans-Saharan trade?  

  • consumer
  • gold miner
  • middleman
  • salt merchant
  • middleman
400

Masks were often worn by

  • visitors to the king's palace.
  • dancers in ritual ceremonies.
  • weavers making special textiles.
  • traders conducting secret business.
  • dancers in ritual ceremonies.
400

Which of these is the best example of an oral tradition? 

  • a great-grandmother's photo album
  • a grandfather playing a game with his grandchildren
  • a grandmother's diary found at the base of ancient ruins
  • a grandfather telling a story about his childhood
  • a grandfather telling a story about his childhood
400

Which of these musical styles was most influenced by West African call-and-response songs?

  • blues
  • opera
  • country
  • classical
  • blues
400

Caravans were very important to the people of Taghaza, because without caravans the people would

  • die for lack of food.
  • get hot for lack of salt.
  • become poor for lack of gold.
  • grow isolated for lack of contact.
  • die for lack of food.
500

What does the proverb below indicate about West African society?

“Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burned down.”

  • the value placed on books
  • the significance of visual arts
  • the importance of oral tradition
  • the respect paid to young people
  • the importance of oral tradition
500

Stories about Sundjata tell about

  • the king who founded Mali's empire.
  • the hajj by the great ruler Mansa Musa.
  • the trade caravans across the Sahara.
  • the tasks and importance of griots.
  • the king who founded Mali's empire.
500

The trans-Saharan trade increased after about 300 C.E. as a result of the

  • growth of cities.
  • discovery of salt.
  • population increase.
  • introduction of camels.

 

  • introduction of camels.
500

The Benin empire (in what is now Nigeria) became particularly well-known for which art form? 

  • printed textiles
  • brass sculptures
  • coiled-fiber baskets
  • wood-and-leather drums
  • brass sculptures
500

Early travelers described Ghana as a land of

  • gold.
  • taxes.
  • oases.
  • wonder.

gold

600

Which factor contributed most to Ghana’s power?

  • resources
  • water routes
  • education system
  • central location
  • central location
600

How do West Africans make kente cloth, the most famous West African textile?

  • by appliqué with bits of fabric
  • by weaving a single huge cloth
  • by sewing narrow strips together
  • by stamping patterns onto squares
  • by sewing narrow strips together
600

People who lived in the southern forests had to trade to get which essential product? 

  • salt
  • gold
  • leather
  • iron
  • salt
600

How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?

  • by mining salt
  • by selling gold
  • by taxing goods
  • by buying camels


  • by taxing goods
600

Why do historians not know the location of the gold mines of Wangara?

  • The written records were lost.
  • Arab traders agreed not to tell.
  • Oral traditions name two places.
  • The miners kept the site a secret.
  • The miners kept the site a secret.