WH Unit 3 Test

1.

1 point

Which of the following best explains the usefulness of the practice of silent barter?

Silent barter often allowed traders to take advantage of the people they were trading with.

Silent barter was the best method to keep the cost of trades to a minimum.

Silent barter ensured that trading was peaceful and that locations of mines remained secret.

Silent barter allowed people who did not speak the same language to trade.

2.

1 point

What was the largest city in Ghana and the main trading center?

Koumbi Saleh

Tripoli

Mecca

Timbuktu

3.

1 point

Which of the following are traditional West African crops?

peanuts and soybeans

sugar cane and rice

olives and grapes

dates and kola nuts

4.

1 point

Which two factors contributed most to the survival of early West African villages?

work and family

religion and culture

technology and natural resources

farming and geography

5.

1 point

West Africans lived in different places after 500 BC because

the Sahara desert spread.

they could use iron tools to clear more land for farming.

invaders drove them out of their villages.

the Niger River flooded.

6.

1 point

One of the earliest groups of people to benefit from iron tools was the

Gypsies.

Berbers.

Nok.

Egyptians.

7.

1 point

Which of the following activities was part of West African religious practices?

meditating

dancing in costume

offering food to spirits

traveling to shrines

8.

1 point

Who were the mansas?

local leaders who held both political and religious roles in Malian society

a group of elders who counseled Sundiata on important issues

merchants from territories north of the Sahara Desert

a group of rebels fought who Sundiata for control of the empire

9.

1 point

African storytellers who memorize and recite the names and histories of their people are called

griots.

Dausi.

kente.

Battuta.

10.

1 point

The traditional religious practice of West Africans was centered on the belief that

each person lived several lives.

the spirits of ancestors stayed nearby.

there was only one god.

rituals were very important.

11.

1 point

Men and women in traditional West African society were loyal to their

work groups and parents.

nobility and elders.

religious and military leaders.

extended families and age-sets.

12.

1 point

What was the significance of the people of Ghana learning to work with iron?

They could make much stronger houses using iron.

They could trade iron for other precious minerals.

Iron was used to create even more spectacular artwork.

Iron tools made farming easier and weapons much stronger.

13.

1 point

Which city that was once the center of the Mali Empire became the center for the Songhai Empire?

Timbuktu

Mecca

Djenné

Gao

14.

1 point

How did the climate of West Africa change 5,000 years ago?

It became drier.

It became colder.

It became hotter.

It became wetter.

15.

1 point

Which of the following did not contribute to the collapse of the Songhai Empire?

Masses of Songhai people were taken away and sold into slavery.

Moroccan troops looted and destroyed the major Songhai cities.

Europeans arrived and then took much of the West African gold when they left.

Trade patterns changed, shifting more to sea routes rather than through Songhai land.

16.

1 point

Which statement best describes the Sahel?

The Sahel is a region of sand that makes up the world’s largest desert.

The Sahel is a strip of land along the Mediterranean ideal for farming.

The Sahel is a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas.

The Sahel is a region of open grassland that supports grazing animals.

17.

1 point

Which of the following are the effects of using the camel in desert trading?

The trading routes became more dangerous and caravans were lost.

The horses were used for long trips and the camels for short trips.

The trading trips became shorter in distance and longer in time.

The trading trips became longer in distance and shorter in time.

18.

1 point

Towns and villages grew and the population of Ghana increased mostly because

by law, families in Ghana were required to have many members.

the people of Ghana believed in having very large families.

Ghana’s farmers and herders could produce plenty of food.

families needed many members to work the trade caravans.