SHS History · Year 1
Trade and the Exchange Economy in Pre-Colonial Ghana practice questions
The nature of domestic and long-distance trade in pre-colonial Ghana, forms of the exchange economy (barter, trade networks, marketplaces, currency such as cowrie shells and gold dust), major trading centres, and the socio-economic importance of trade, including the role of women.
20 questions in this topic: 5 recall, 9 applying skills and concepts, 5 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
An example of barter given in the Learner Material describes a cloth weaver exchanging his woven clothes with a farmer in return for the farmer's help to
- adefend the town against invaders
- btransport goods along the Trans-Saharan route
- cplant, weed or harvest his crops
- dbuild a new smelting furnace
- Question 2Recall
Among the major domestic trading centres in pre-colonial Ghana listed in the Learner Material were Begho, Kumasi and
- aTimbuktu
- bKano
- cSalaga
- dAgadez
- Question 3Skills & concepts
The Learner Material notes that women played a vital role in pre-colonial Ghanaian trading activities, including having control over the production of certain commodities such as
- abasket making, bead making, ceramics and textiles
- bfirearms and gunpowder
- cthe smelting of iron ore
- dthe minting of gold-dust currency
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