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