Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-Swahili

Accepted Answer

A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships. 
A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships.

Question 2

What was the Middle Passage?

Accepted Answer

A)  The transfer of slaves from inland locations to coastal cities 
B)  The voyage of African slaves to the Americas 
C)  The transfer of slaves from ship to market 
D)  The shipping lane from the American colonies to Europe 
A)  The transfer of slaves from inland locations to coastal cities 
B)  The voyage of African slaves to the Americas 
C)  The transfer of slaves from ship to market 
D)  The shipping lane from the American colonies to Europe

Question 3

Roughly 35 percent of Swahili words come from which of the following languages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Arabic 
B)  Coptic 
C)  Yoruba 
D)  Egyptian 
A)  Arabic 
B)  Coptic 
C)  Yoruba 
D)  Egyptian

Question 4

Defeated by General Ahmad ibn-Ghazi in 1529, the Ethiopian emperor Lebna Dengel sought aid from which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Ottomans 
B)  Portugal 
C)  The Dutch Republic 
D)  India 
A)  The Ottomans 
B)  Portugal 
C)  The Dutch Republic 
D)  India

Question 5

In the fifteenth century, Kano and Katsina in Hausaland became centers for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transatlantic slave trade 
B)  African-style feudalism 
C)  Islamic scholarship 
D)  Artistic creativity 
A)  Transatlantic slave trade 
B)  African-style feudalism 
C)  Islamic scholarship 
D)  Artistic creativity

Question 6

Who supplied the labor on the royal farms of Songhai?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves 
B)  Indentured servants 
C)  Tax debtors 
D)  War captives 
A)  Slaves 
B)  Indentured servants 
C)  Tax debtors 
D)  War captives

Question 7

What goods were African slaves traded for in the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horses 
B)  Raw materials 
C)  Textiles 
D)  Firearms 
A)  Horses 
B)  Raw materials 
C)  Textiles 
D)  Firearms

Question 8

What was the nature of trade and commerce in the Swahili city-states? What kinds of goods were traded?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The Swahil

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions :
-chattel

Accepted Answer

A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships. 
A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships.

Question 10

What kinds of external threats did Ethiopia face in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? How did Ethiopians deal with these threats?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Ethiopia w

Question 11

What New World country received the largest numbers of slaves from the transatlantic trade during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico 
B)  British North America 
C)  French Canada 
D)  Brazil 
A)  Mexico 
B)  British North America 
C)  French Canada 
D)  Brazil

Question 12

What are the various theories as to why black Africans were enslaved in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries more than other races? What are some of the problems with these theories?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
One theory

Question 13

Which European nation monopolized the slave trade until about 1600?

Accepted Answer

A)  Venice 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  Portugal 
A)  Venice 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  Portugal

Question 14

Based on Map 20.1, "West African Societies, ca. 1500-1800," which of the following played a major role in the Portuguese slave trade, due largely to its geographic location?

Accepted Answer

A)  Zaria 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Agadez 
D)  Benin 
A)  Zaria 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Agadez 
D)  Benin

Question 15

Scholars have determined that the transatlantic slave trade had what effect on African societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to wars that destabilized the political structure of many states. 
B)  It led to technological development because of population decline. 
C)  It laid the foundation for European colonies. 
D)  It hastened the Christianization of the sub-Sahara. 
A)  It led to wars that destabilized the political structure of many states. 
B)  It led to technological development because of population decline. 
C)  It laid the foundation for European colonies. 
D)  It hastened the Christianization of the sub-Sahara.

Question 16

Use the following to answer questions :
-Taghaza

Accepted Answer

A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships. 
A) An item of personal property; a term used in reference to enslaved people that conveys the idea that they are subhuman, like animals, and therefore may be treated like animals. 
B) Among the societies of Senegambia, groups of teenage males and females whom the society initiated into adulthood at the same time. 
C) The title of the king of Benin. 
D) A settlement in the western Sahara, the site of the main salt-mining center. 
E) Major branch of the nomadic Berber peoples who controlled the north-south trans-Saharan trade in salt.
F)Imported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa.
G)Orthodox form of Christianity from Egypt practiced in Ethiopia.
H)Meaning "People of the Coast," the term used for the people living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
I)Enslaved Africans' horrific voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas under appalling and often deadly conditions.
J)A collection or batch of British goods that would be traded for a slave or for a quantity of gold, ivory, or dyewood.
K)A process for exchanging goods in which European ships sent boats ashore or invited African dealers to bring traders and slaves out to the ships.

Exam 20: Africa and the World, 1400-1800

Use the following to answer questions : -Swahili

What was the Middle Passage?

Roughly 35 percent of Swahili words come from which of the following languages?

Defeated by General Ahmad ibn-Ghazi in 1529, the Ethiopian emperor Lebna Dengel sought aid from which of the following?

In the fifteenth century, Kano and Katsina in Hausaland became centers for which of the following?

Who supplied the labor on the royal farms of Songhai?

What goods were African slaves traded for in the American colonies?

What was the nature of trade and commerce in the Swahili city-states? What kinds of goods were traded?

Use the following to answer questions : -chattel

What kinds of external threats did Ethiopia face in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? How did Ethiopians deal with these threats?

What New World country received the largest numbers of slaves from the transatlantic trade during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?

What are the various theories as to why black Africans were enslaved in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries more than other races? What are some of the problems with these theories?

Which European nation monopolized the slave trade until about 1600?

Based on Map 20.1, "West African Societies, ca. 1500-1800," which of the following played a major role in the Portuguese slave trade, due largely to its geographic location?

Scholars have determined that the transatlantic slave trade had what effect on African societies?

Use the following to answer questions : -Taghaza

The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 Bce

The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 Ce

Chinas Classical Age, to 221 Bce

The Greek Experience, 3500-30 Bce

The World of Rome, Ca 1000 Bce-400 Ce

East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 Bce-845 Ce

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

The Islamic World, 600-1400

African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 Bce-1500 Ce

The Americas, 3200 Bce-1500 Ce

Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300-1400

States and Cultures in East Asia, 800-1400

Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800-1450

Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600

The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800

European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790

Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825

The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850

Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914

Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800-1914

Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914

The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1917

World War and Revolution, 1914-1929

Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939

The Great Depression and World War Ii, 1929-1945

Review

Liberalization, 1968-2000s

The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

20th Century Global Issues and Developments

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