Chapter 3.1

Question 1

Summarizing

Tropics

Answer 1

Trees, rain & animals

Question 2

Summarizing

Deserts

Answer 2

Long sandy plains

Question 3

Summarizing

Rain Forests

Answer 3

Forests with humid rain

Question 4

Summarizing

Mediterranean Sea Coasts

Answer 4

Trade

Question 5

Plateau

Answer 5

High flat land

Question 6

Why is the Niger River important?

Answer 6

Merchants and travelers spread goods & ideas up and down the river.

Question 7

Griot

Answer 7

Storyteller

Question 8

Dhow

Answer 8

Arab sailboat

Question 9

Fee

Answer 9

Money paid for a service

Question 10

Diminish

Answer 10

To become less or small

Question 11

Prime

Answer 11

To be of highest quality or important

Question 12

Sundiata Keita

Answer 12

Great warrior king of Mali

Question 13

Mansa Musa

Answer 13

Last strong king of Mali

Question 14

Sunni Ali

Answer 14

Leader of Songhai

Question 15

What was Benue River used for?

Answer 15

Fishing groups packed belongings in their cannoes and moved throughout Africa

Question 16

How did Ghana become rich?

Answer 16

They charged a fee (aka tax) for passage through their land.

Question 17

Who was the first empire to come to power in Africa?

Answer 17

Ghana

Question 18

What area did Mali’s king Sundiata Keita conquer?

Answer 18

Gold mining areas

Question 19

What kingdom conquered Ghana?

Answer 19

Mali

Question 20

Timbuktu

Answer 20

Trading city

Question 21

Where was the location of the Songhai empire?

Answer 21

Along the Niger River

Question 22

What group of people did Sunni Ali drive out of Timbuktu?

Answer 22

Berbers

Question 23

Axum

Answer 23

Prime trading location

Question 24

Why did West Africa become the center of three large trade empires?

Answer 24

There rivers made it easy for boats to travel

Question 25

What fators contributed to the growth of African civilzation?

Answer 25

Salt miners provided gold