Chapter 17 Test Review

What is the best title for this list? 1. Ghana 2. Songhai 3. Mali

Early societies in West Africa

Which product of West Africa was most important in the trade across the Sahara?

Iron and Gold

Give some specific examples of different types of artifacts.

Iron tools, iron smelting surfaces, ancient gates.

Archaeologists have found remains of high walls around one ancient West African community. What does this suggest about it?

It suggests that they used the high wall defend them selves from attackers.

A specific geographic factor that contributed to the growth of Jenne-Jeno as a trading center was?

Jenne-jeno was built where the Niger River meets the Bani River. This was an ideal location for farming, fishing, and trade.

What is the main reason why people in different vegetation zones traded with each other?

People in different vegetation zones wanted food and crafts they could not produce.

Jenne-Jeno was located in the ________ vegetation zone.

Sahel

What were some advantages of becoming part of an empire?

Some advantages of becoming an empire were that you would be more powerful and you would have more people for a military. Also, you would have more money to improve your town.

Suppose a West African community produced these goods: 1. Yams 2. Palm Oil 3. Kola Nuts That community is most likely in which vegetation zone?

The Forest.

How did the Niger Rive encourage trade?

The Niger River allowed people to travel by boat which allowed them to move around easier. People put their villages by the river to encourage trade at their village.

The principal barrier to trade between Jenne-Jeno and cities on the north coast of Africa was?

The Sahara Desert

Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was too what?

Hard to farm, hot, and dry.

From the discovery of Jenne-Jeno, what did historians learn about the history of West Africa?

Historians realized that early West African cities actually existed.

What belongs in the empty box below? City Grows _____ A Kingdom is Rich from _____ Formed Trade _____

The city builds an army and conquers other towns which leads them to becoming more powerful.

What did extended-family groups do for defense against dangerous floods or enemies?

Theses people made an army to protect against enemy threat or put up a high wall. They also worked together to control flooding.

Which technology did the Nok people adopt as early as 500 B.C.E..

They developed iron tools.

Why did extended-family groups first settle south of the Sahara?

They did it to farm.

Archaeologists found copper at Jenne-Jeno. The nearest copper mines are 600 miles away. What does this indicate about the people of Jenne-Jeno?

They traded, even with people that lived far away.

Compared to the West African savanna, the Sahel has less of what?

Trees and Vegetation