Starter quiz
- What was the main religion in the Middle East and North Africa during the Medieval period?
- Christianity
- Islam ✓
- Judaism
- Hinduism
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- Complete the sentence: medieval Christians called the city of Jerusalem and its surrounding area the __________ land.
- desert
- fabled
- holy ✓
- right
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- Which definition best describes an empire?
- A group of countries ruled by a single person or government ✓
- A group of cities located in the same region
- A city that breaks away from a country in order to rule itself
- A city ruled by a country that is far away
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- The religion of Islam was revealed to which of the following?
- Ibrahim
- Isa
- Muhammad (PBUH) ✓
- Nuh
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- Place these events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Christianity founded
- 2⇔Christianity spreads across Europe
- 3⇔Islam founded
- 4⇔The First Crusade begins
- Complete the sentence: a follower of Islam is called a ______.
- 'Muslim' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is the longest river in West Africa? It is over 2600 miles long.
- The Congo River
- The Niger River ✓
- The River Nile
- The Zambezi River
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- Match the keywords to their correct definitions.
- trade⇔the exchange of goods ✓
- empire⇔a group of territories ruled over by one person or group of people ✓
- Sahel⇔a dry region bordering the southern Sahara Desert ✓
- Which desert can be found on the northern border of West Africa?
- Atacama
- Gobi
- Mojave
- Sahara ✓
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- What were the most important trade items in the trans-Saharan trade?
- gold ✓
- silver
- bronze
- salt ✓
- pepper
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- How much of the gold in medieval Europe came from West Africa?
- one third
- half
- two thirds ✓
- three quarters
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- Complete the sentence: the first people to take full advantage of the trans-Saharan trade routes was the ______ Empire.
- 'Ghana' ✓
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Key learning points
- West Africa is rich in gold deposits.
- The Sahel is an area between the Sahara Desert and the savannah.
- Important trade routes existed from North Africa through to the Far East.
- These trade routes also stretched across the Sahel.
- Powers like the Ghana Empire profited from these trade routes.
Common misconception
The Ghana Empire was located in the modern-day country of Ghana.
The Ghana Empire was located in the Sahel, north of the Niger River, which is nowhere near the modern-day country of Ghana.
Keywords
Trade - trade means the exchange of goods
Empire - an empire is a group of territories ruled over by one person or group of people
Sahel - the Sahel is a dry region bordering the southern Sahara Desert
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