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5 Written Questions

1. Developed by Arabs for sailing into wind
2. First country to start exploring because they did not have Med. port
3. Set up navigation center for exploration.
4. Circumnavigated world
5. (1500-1600) Askiya Muhammad is leader; largest empire in Africa.

5 Matching Questions

1. Ghana
2. Movable Type and Printing Press
3. Caravel
4. Astrolabe
5. Moroccans

1. a Spread ideas and knowledge
2. b Deveoped by Portuguese to carry more cargo and travel faster
3. c Defeated Songhai
4. d (400-1200) Made $ from taxes on trade, Traded for salt, cloth, and brass. Trade caused many West Africans to become Muslims.
5. e Developed to measure latitude

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (1250-1500) Mansa Musa was greatest king. Timbuktu became an important Islamic center because of his pilgrimage to Mecca
   1. Balboa
   2. Mali
   3. Ghana
   4. Gama
2. Claimed Pacific Ocean and adjourning land
   1. Cabral
   2. Gama
   3. Balboa
   4. Mali
3. African area where there is much gold and ivory and where Europeans traded.
   1. Portugal
   2. Ghana
   3. Balboa
   4. Gold Coast
4. Brought from China and helped determine direction
   1. Magellan
   2. Moroccans
   3. Gold Coast
   4. Magnetic Compass
5. Mapped coast of South America
   1. Vespucci
   2. Portugal
   3. Mali
   4. Songhai

5 True/False Question

1. Banking → Made Italians Rich
   

   True        False

2. Queen Isabella → Sponsered Columbus voyage
   

   True        False

3. Gama → (400-1200) Made $ from taxes on trade, Traded for salt, cloth, and brass. Trade caused many West Africans to become Muslims.
   

   True        False

4. Marco Polo → Wrote Travels about his 17 year journey in China
   

   True        False

5. Treaty of Torsedillas → Sponsered Columbus voyage
   

   True        False