Africa Vocabulary Quiz
  • 1. An ancient kingdom in western Africa known for its trade and second city
A) Mali
B) Ghana
C) Gibraltar
D) Timbuktu
  • 2. An ancient culture, known for its walled city and beautiful gardens, located in southern Africa
A) Timbuktu
B) Great Zimbabwe
C) Ghana
D) Mali
  • 3. An ancient kingdom in western Africa, started as Ghana
A) Mali
B) Timbuktu
C) Ghana
D) Zimbabwe
  • 4. The world's largest desert located across most of northern Africa, taking up 1/3 of the continent
A) Kalahari Desert
B) Taklamakan Desert
C) Gibraltar Desert
D) Sahara Desert
  • 5. The 30 mile gap of water between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
A) Sahara Desert
B) Straits of Gibraltar
C) Congo River
D) Straits of Mali
  • 6. The capital and largest trading city of the Mali Empire
A) Timbuktu
B) Kalahari
C) Ghana
D) Zimbabwe
  • 7. groups of camels and traders who were loaded with trade goods, moving across the Trans-Sahara Trade Routes
A) caravans
B) barterers
C) Silk Road travelers
D) traders
  • 8. Ghana and other West African kingdoms whose greatest income was from trade
A) Oasis
B) Gold Coast
C) Sundiata Coast
D) Straits of Gibraltar
  • 9. African village story tellers
A) Folklore tellers
B) Story giver
C) Anansi
D) Griots
  • 10. The wise and wealthy king of Timbuktu who made it famous for learning and trade
A) Sundiata
B) Mwari
C) Mansa Musa
D) Anansi
  • 11. A place in the desert where water can be found in underground streams
A) daga
B) mirage
C) oasis
D) griots
  • 12. An exchange system where traders left goods at a certain place to be traded
A) quiet trade
B) unfair barter
C) silent barter
D) silent griot
  • 13. The first king of Mali, known as the Lion King, who was clever and the grandfather of Mansa Musa
A) Sundiata
B) T'ien
C) Mansa Musa
D) Mwari
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