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African Kingdoms Practice Tests

These Grade 7 Social Studies practice tests build understanding of Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Aksum, Great Zimbabwe, African geography, trade networks, leadership, scholarship, culture, archaeology, and historical sources.

Skills covered

  • Connecting geography, resources, rivers, deserts, ports, and political development
  • Explaining trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade and cultural exchange
  • Comparing Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Aksum, Great Zimbabwe, and other regional histories
  • Analyzing Mansa Musa, Timbuktu, griots, manuscripts, architecture, maps, and archaeology
  • Using cause and consequence, continuity and change, source analysis, and historical perspective

How to use these practice tests

For each question, identify the region, period, source, and network involved. Then connect geography, resources, institutions, cultural exchange, and the experiences of different communities.

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Grade 7 African Kingdoms Practice Tests

Practice Grade 7 Social Studies questions about African kingdoms, trade, geography, leadership, culture, sources, and historical change.

Choose the best answer for each question. Review the explanation after submitting your answers.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What was the ancient Ghana Empire known for?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Its role in controlling and taxing parts of West African gold and salt trade..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Ghana, also called Wagadu in many historical accounts, gained power through regional resources and trade networks.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Ghana, also called Wagadu in many historical accounts, gained power through regional resources and trade networks.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Why could controlling trade routes strengthen Ghana's rulers?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Taxes and protection payments brought resources to the government..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Control of routes and markets allowed rulers to collect revenue and support administration and defense.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Control of routes and markets allowed rulers to collect revenue and support administration and defense.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What was the Mali Empire?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A powerful West African empire that expanded across important trade regions after Ghana's decline..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Mali controlled extensive territory and trade networks in the western Sudan region.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Mali controlled extensive territory and trade networks in the western Sudan region.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Who was Mansa Musa?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A famous ruler of the Mali Empire associated with wealth, pilgrimage, and support for learning and architecture..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Mansa Musa's reign and pilgrimage became well known through written accounts and later historical memory.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Mansa Musa's reign and pilgrimage became well known through written accounts and later historical memory.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Why did Mansa Musa's pilgrimage attract attention?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Its size and displays of wealth showed the importance of Mali in trans-Saharan networks..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Accounts of the pilgrimage helped spread knowledge of Mali and its resources to observers in other regions.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Accounts of the pilgrimage helped spread knowledge of Mali and its resources to observers in other regions.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Why did Timbuktu become important?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It was a center of trade, scholarship, manuscripts, and Islamic learning..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Timbuktu's location near trade routes supported commerce and the growth of scholarly institutions.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Timbuktu's location near trade routes supported commerce and the growth of scholarly institutions.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What was the Songhai Empire?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A large West African empire that later controlled important Niger River cities and trade routes..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Songhai expanded around the Niger River and became a major political and economic power.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Songhai expanded around the Niger River and became a major political and economic power.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What was Askia Muhammad known for?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A Songhai ruler associated with administration, expansion, and support for Islamic scholarship..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Askia Muhammad strengthened Songhai institutions and connections to Islamic learning and trade.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Askia Muhammad strengthened Songhai institutions and connections to Islamic learning and trade.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Why did control of Niger River cities matter to Mali and Songhai?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Cities linked farming, transportation, markets, taxation, administration, and scholarship..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: River locations provided resources and access to important regional networks.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

River locations provided resources and access to important regional networks.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

How did the Mali and Songhai Empires differ from a single city-state?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is They ruled extensive territories containing many communities, cities, and regional populations..

  1. Identify the African kingdom or network: Determine which region, kingdom, trade route, institution, source, or historical leader the question describes.
  2. Connect the evidence: Empires exercised authority across broad regions through rulers, officials, armies, taxes, and local relationships.
  3. Consider geography and exchange: Relate political power to resources, trade, environment, culture, technology, and the experiences of different communities.

Empires exercised authority across broad regions through rulers, officials, armies, taxes, and local relationships.

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