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Trade routes throughout West Africa

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Trade routes throughout West Africa”, from the unit “Medieval West Africa: why was medieval Mali so successful?” (Year 7 History) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. What was the main religion in the Middle East and North Africa during the Medieval period?
  2. Complete the sentence: medieval Christians called the city of Jerusalem and its surrounding area the __________ land.
  3. Which definition best describes an empire?
  4. The religion of Islam was revealed to which of the following?
  5. Place these events into chronological order.
  6. Complete the sentence: a follower of Islam is called a ___.
  7. What is the longest river in West Africa? It is over 2600 miles long.
  8. Match the keywords to their correct definitions.
  9. Which desert can be found on the northern border of West Africa?
  10. What were the most important trade items in the trans-Saharan trade?
  11. How much of the gold in medieval Europe came from West Africa?
  12. Complete the sentence: the first people to take full advantage of the trans-Saharan trade routes was the ___ Empire.

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