West Africa
U7 Practice #8 Part 1 - Map
west_africa_map.pdf |
U7 Practice #8 Part 2 - History of West Africa p. 676-683
lesson_2_guided_reading.pdf |
Study Guide for the History of the Region Quiz
a. True or False: The Almoravids were North African Christians who conquered ancient Ghana.
b. True or False: The Ghana Empire was West Africa’s first trading kingdom.
c. True or False: Liberia was founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves.
d. True or False: Since the Biafran war ended, Nigeria has been ruled by freely elected governments.
e. True or False: By 1961, all of France’s West African colonies had achieved independence.
f. How did the Sahara of 10,000 years ago diff er from the Sahara of today?
g. Which of the following allowed the Bantu to expand easily into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups?
(their Muslim religion, their great wealth, their farming practices, their knowledge of the Sahara)
h. What is the best explanation for the collapse of the Ghana Empire?
i. From what activity did the small African kingdoms along the West African coast become rich beginning around the 1500s?
(slave trade, sale of oil and natural gas, sale of tobacco, gold-for-salt trade)
j. Which of the following statements about the European colonization of West Africa is accurate?
- Europeans colonized only the coastal regions.
- Europeans made the important decisions about how Africans lived.
- Europeans left the most fertile land for the Africans to use for their farms.
- Germany and Portugal claimed the most territory in West Africa.
b. True or False: The Ghana Empire was West Africa’s first trading kingdom.
c. True or False: Liberia was founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves.
d. True or False: Since the Biafran war ended, Nigeria has been ruled by freely elected governments.
e. True or False: By 1961, all of France’s West African colonies had achieved independence.
f. How did the Sahara of 10,000 years ago diff er from the Sahara of today?
g. Which of the following allowed the Bantu to expand easily into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups?
(their Muslim religion, their great wealth, their farming practices, their knowledge of the Sahara)
h. What is the best explanation for the collapse of the Ghana Empire?
i. From what activity did the small African kingdoms along the West African coast become rich beginning around the 1500s?
(slave trade, sale of oil and natural gas, sale of tobacco, gold-for-salt trade)
j. Which of the following statements about the European colonization of West Africa is accurate?
- Europeans colonized only the coastal regions.
- Europeans made the important decisions about how Africans lived.
- Europeans left the most fertile land for the Africans to use for their farms.
- Germany and Portugal claimed the most territory in West Africa.