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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 11

African Kingdoms & Empires

Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe and more

What your child practices

Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe, the Swahili coast, Benin and Ethiopia from about 600 to 1900, trade across the Sahara and the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic slave trade and African resistance to colonization.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6/7.H.CP.15; 6/7.H.CC.5; 6/7.H.CC.6 · civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa, their exchanges with other cultures after 600 CE, and resistance to colonization

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Great Zimbabwe was a city with huge walls built of…

    • wood and clay
    • steel
    • stone, without mortar

  2. Question 2

    Trans-Saharan trade helped spread… to West Africa.

    • Islam and Arabic learning
    • the printing press
    • Buddhism

  3. Question 3

    Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba is remembered for…

    • inventing paper
    • resisting Portuguese colonization
    • founding Rome

  4. Question 4

    Swahili city-states like Kilwa and Mombasa traded across the…

    • Atlantic Ocean
    • Indian Ocean
    • Arctic Ocean

  5. Question 5

    In West Africa, griots are…

    • storytellers who keep history through spoken word and song
    • soldiers
    • traders of salt

  6. Question 6

    The Asante Empire, in today's Ghana, was known for its…

    • ice palaces
    • gold and kente cloth
    • stone heads

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