Guided Reading Activity 7-2 Kingdoms and States of Africa

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Guided Reading Activity 7-2

Kingdoms and States of Africa

DIRECTIONS: As you are reading the section, decide if a statement is true or false. Write T if

the statement is true or F if the statement is false. For all false statements, write a corrected

statement.

1. The first of the great trading states to emerge in the area south of the Sahara was

Ghana.

2. The kings of Ghana were strong rulers who governed with an elaborate system

of laws.

4. Salt, highly prized among the Ghanaians, was used to preserve food as well as

to improve the taste of food.

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5. Mali, established by Sundiata Keita, was the greatest of the new trading societies

to replace Ghana in West Africa.

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3. The kingdom of Ghana prospered from its possession of both ivory and

diamonds.

6. Once Mansa Musa felt secure in his rule, he decided as a devout Christian to

make a pilgrimage to Makkah.

7. Two of Sunni Ali¡¯s conquests, Timbuktu and Jenne, were especially important as

they gave Songhai control of the river valleys.

8. On the eastern fringe of the continent, the Bantu-speaking peoples gradually

began to take part in trade up and down the East African coast.

9. As time passed, a mixed African-Arabian culture, eventually known as Swahili,

began to emerge throughout the coastal area.

10. To build the walls of Great Zimbabwe, the granite blocks were laid with much

mortar.

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