Question 1

How did the transatlantic slave trade influence the economy of the European colonies of the Americas and beyond?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The transatlantic slave trade that the British, as well as the Dutch, Portuguese, French, Americans, and others, participated in affected the economics of the European colonies in many ways. First, the trade provided cheap labor for colonial plantations, and thereby increased overall profits. The transatlantic trade was also part of a much larger trading network that is known in history as the "triangle trade." In this system, European merchants traded European manufactured goods for enslaved Africans in Africa and then traveled to the Americas where they exchanged their human cargo for raw materials, which they then shipped back to sell in Europe. The importance of the slave trade extended beyond the Atlantic world. The expansion of capitalism, as well as the industrialization of Western societies, Egypt, and the nations of West, Central, and South Africa, all related in one way or another to the traffic in African people.

Question 2

What characteristic distinguished most West African marriages?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were almost always monogamous. 
B)  They were often forced after war with a neighboring tribe. 
C)  They were virtually all love matches. 
D)  They were almost universally polygynous. 
A)  They were almost always monogamous. 
B)  They were often forced after war with a neighboring tribe. 
C)  They were virtually all love matches. 
D)  They were almost universally polygynous. D

Question 3

Swahili independence ended with the arrival in 1498 of which Portuguese explorer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prince Henry the Navigator 
B)  Vasco da Gama 
C)  Giovanni da Verrazzano 
D)  Ferdinand Magellan 
A)  Prince Henry the Navigator 
B)  Vasco da Gama 
C)  Giovanni da Verrazzano 
D)  Ferdinand Magellan B

Question 4

Cowrie shells were used for currency in North Africa and originated in the Maldives, which are islands located in what body of water?

Accepted Answer

A)  South China Sea 
B)  Pacific Ocean 
C)  Philippine Sea 
D)  Indian Ocean 
A)  South China Sea 
B)  Pacific Ocean 
C)  Philippine Sea 
D)  Indian Ocean

Question 5

How is disease related to African enslavement in the Americas?

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Answer would ideally include:
In the Ame

Question 6

Which of these was true of the black population of eighteenth-century London?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most black Londoners were agricultural laborers. 
B)  Most black Londoners were merchants and traders. 
C)  Most black Londoners were well-educated freemen. 
D)  Most black Londoners were sailors or personal servants. 
A)  Most black Londoners were agricultural laborers. 
B)  Most black Londoners were merchants and traders. 
C)  Most black Londoners were well-educated freemen. 
D)  Most black Londoners were sailors or personal servants.

Question 7

What factors led to low population growth in West Africa? How did the low population growth affect gender relations?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Because me

Question 8

Benin City was known for artistic work in iron, ivory, and what other product?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gold filigree jewelry 
B)  Decorative copper containers 
C)  Woven baskets 
D)  Bronze portrait busts 
A)  Gold filigree jewelry 
B)  Decorative copper containers 
C)  Woven baskets 
D)  Bronze portrait busts

Question 9

How did the Portuguese take control of the trade between the Swahili city-states and the Indian Ocean trade networks? How long did that dominance last?

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Answer would ideally include:
Some of th

Question 10

For what is Leo Africanus best known?

Accepted Answer

A)  The further expansion of Songhai 
B)  His descriptions of African society 
C)  The expulsion of the Jesuits from Ethiopia 
D)  The establishment of mosques throughout West Africa 
A)  The further expansion of Songhai 
B)  His descriptions of African society 
C)  The expulsion of the Jesuits from Ethiopia 
D)  The establishment of mosques throughout West Africa

Question 11

What missionary group attempted to introduce Roman Catholicism into Ethiopia in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Franciscans 
B)  Dominicans 
C)  Jesuits 
D)  Benedictines 
A)  Franciscans 
B)  Dominicans 
C)  Jesuits 
D)  Benedictines

Question 12

Which of these was the greatest killer in West Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Typhoid 
B)  Hookworm 
C)  Malaria 
D)  Yellow fever 
A)  Typhoid 
B)  Hookworm 
C)  Malaria 
D)  Yellow fever

Question 13

By the eleventh century, what important change had the Swahili peoples made?

Accepted Answer

A)  The majority had become full-time farmers. 
B)  They converted to Islam. 
C)  They established a large inland empire. 
D)  They developed trade with Portugal. 
A)  The majority had become full-time farmers. 
B)  They converted to Islam. 
C)  They established a large inland empire. 
D)  They developed trade with Portugal.

Question 14

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who did the elite of Mali and Benin import to be slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Songhai warriors 
B)  Berber women 
C)  Slavic women 
D)  Yoruba children 
A)  Songhai warriors 
B)  Berber women 
C)  Slavic women 
D)  Yoruba children

Question 15

What was the primary religion of Ethiopia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Byzantine Christianity 
B)  Islam 
C)  Coptic Christianity 
D)  Judaism 
A)  Byzantine Christianity 
B)  Islam 
C)  Coptic Christianity 
D)  Judaism

Question 16

What evidence in this illustration shows European influence on the African slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  The restraints are of European design. 
B)  The guards are carrying European-style firearms. 
C)  The large number of captives suggests traders are attempting to meet high European demand. 
D)  Europeans preferred younger slaves, as they typically sold for a higher price. 
A)  The restraints are of European design. 
B)  The guards are carrying European-style firearms. 
C)  The large number of captives suggests traders are attempting to meet high European demand. 
D)  Europeans preferred younger slaves, as they typically sold for a higher price.

Question 17

In the trans-Saharan trade, Kanem-Bornu traded slaves to North Africa for what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salt 
B)  Gold 
C)  Horses 
D)  Cattle 
A)  Salt 
B)  Gold 
C)  Horses 
D)  Cattle

Question 18

Who were the nhara?

Accepted Answer

A)  People of mixed African and European heritage 
B)  Female slaves taken as concubines by their owners 
C)  Dahomey slave raiders 
D)  Women slave merchants in Guinea 
A)  People of mixed African and European heritage 
B)  Female slaves taken as concubines by their owners 
C)  Dahomey slave raiders 
D)  Women slave merchants in Guinea

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true regarding the negotiation taking place in this illustration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Given the expense involved in conducting slave raids, the African male with whom the European trader is negotiating was likely a wealthy entrepreneur. 
B)  Other than being taken captive, the African people played little, if any, role in the African slave trade. 
C)  The African male engaged in negotiation was likely a poor merchant. 
D)  Based on his style of dress, the African trader most likely lived in the region of Benin. 
A)  Given the expense involved in conducting slave raids, the African male with whom the European trader is negotiating was likely a wealthy entrepreneur. 
B)  Other than being taken captive, the African people played little, if any, role in the African slave trade. 
C)  The African male engaged in negotiation was likely a poor merchant. 
D)  Based on his style of dress, the African trader most likely lived in the region of Benin.

Question 20

Islam played a significant role in sub-Saharan West Africa. Describe the impact of Islam in this region. How did Islam affect European expansion in Africa? Overall, was the impact of Islam on sub-Saharan African society positive or negative?

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Answer would ideally include:
Islam affe

Exam 20: Africa and the World, 1400-1800

How did the transatlantic slave trade influence the economy of the European colonies of the Americas and beyond?

What characteristic distinguished most West African marriages?

Swahili independence ended with the arrival in 1498 of which Portuguese explorer?

Cowrie shells were used for currency in North Africa and originated in the Maldives, which are islands located in what body of water?

How is disease related to African enslavement in the Americas?

Which of these was true of the black population of eighteenth-century London?

What factors led to low population growth in West Africa? How did the low population growth affect gender relations?

Benin City was known for artistic work in iron, ivory, and what other product?

How did the Portuguese take control of the trade between the Swahili city-states and the Indian Ocean trade networks? How long did that dominance last?

For what is Leo Africanus best known?

What missionary group attempted to introduce Roman Catholicism into Ethiopia in the sixteenth century?

Which of these was the greatest killer in West Africa?

By the eleventh century, what important change had the Swahili peoples made?

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who did the elite of Mali and Benin import to be slaves?

What was the primary religion of Ethiopia?

What evidence in this illustration shows European influence on the African slave trade?

In the trans-Saharan trade, Kanem-Bornu traded slaves to North Africa for what?

Who were the nhara?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the negotiation taking place in this illustration?

Islam played a significant role in sub-Saharan West Africa. Describe the impact of Islam in this region. How did Islam affect European expansion in Africa? Overall, was the impact of Islam on sub-Saharan African society positive or negative?

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Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850

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