Question 1

Following the conversion of North Africans to Islam, where did the deepest penetration of Islam occur south of the Sahara?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the West African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali 
B)  Along the east coast of Africa 
C)  In Namibia 
D)  Along the southern coast of Africa 
A)  In the West African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali 
B)  Along the east coast of Africa 
C)  In Namibia 
D)  Along the southern coast of Africa A

Question 2

The village of Nok in Nigeria is famed for which of the following metallurgic skills?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bronze casting 
B)  Goldsmithing 
C)  Silver mining 
D)  Ironworking 
A)  Bronze casting 
B)  Goldsmithing 
C)  Silver mining 
D)  Ironworking D

Question 3

During Ghana's heyday, what were the Mandinka known for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating a rival kingdom that overthrew Ghana 
B)  Remaining seminomadic and nonagricultural 
C)  Converting to Islam and trading with Arabs 
D)  Acting as middlemen in the gold and salt trades 
A)  Creating a rival kingdom that overthrew Ghana 
B)  Remaining seminomadic and nonagricultural 
C)  Converting to Islam and trading with Arabs 
D)  Acting as middlemen in the gold and salt trades D

Question 4

What likely caused the fifteenth-century decline of Great Zimbabwe?

Accepted Answer

A)  High mortality rates owing to diseases brought by Arab traders 
B)  Agriculturally unproductive land 
C)  Exhausted gold mines 
D)  Corrupt rulers 
A)  High mortality rates owing to diseases brought by Arab traders 
B)  Agriculturally unproductive land 
C)  Exhausted gold mines 
D)  Corrupt rulers

Question 5

What was one result of the development of agriculture in early Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nuclear family became isolated from neighbors. 
B)  Populations throughout Africa decreased at a slow rate. 
C)  Marriage ties were weakened in all areas. 
D)  Ties and connections between extended families became stronger. 
A)  The nuclear family became isolated from neighbors. 
B)  Populations throughout Africa decreased at a slow rate. 
C)  Marriage ties were weakened in all areas. 
D)  Ties and connections between extended families became stronger.

Question 6

Discuss the development and spread of ironworking technology in sub-Saharan Africa.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Some schol

Question 7

Trace the Bantu migrations into central and southern Africa. How did these migrations affect the development of civilization in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Bantu-spea

Question 8

Mali's success as a kingdom was aided in part by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  A pool of highly skilled artisans 
B)  Control of highly productive gold mines 
C)  A strong agricultural and commercial base 
D)  A military equipped with superior technology 
A)  A pool of highly skilled artisans 
B)  Control of highly productive gold mines 
C)  A strong agricultural and commercial base 
D)  A military equipped with superior technology

Question 9

Among the Asante in modern-day Ghana and the Yoruba in modern-day Nigeria, what figure held power equal to or even greater than the king?

Accepted Answer

A)  The chief priest 
B)  The son of the king 
C)  The Queen Mother 
D)  The wife of the king 
A)  The chief priest 
B)  The son of the king 
C)  The Queen Mother 
D)  The wife of the king

Question 10

Why did the civilization of Ghana develop in the southern portion of Wagadou?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslims had already settled there and built urban centers. 
B)  The king of Ghana had a vision from his god to settle there. 
C)  The Mandinka people had recently left, and the land was empty. 
D)  Only the southern part received enough rainfall to be agriculturally productive. 
A)  Muslims had already settled there and built urban centers. 
B)  The king of Ghana had a vision from his god to settle there. 
C)  The Mandinka people had recently left, and the land was empty. 
D)  Only the southern part received enough rainfall to be agriculturally productive.

Question 11

What role might Islam have played in the eventual fall of Ghana?

Accepted Answer

The Almoravids may have invade

Question 12

On what was political authority in the Ethiopian kingdom based?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Christian faith 
B)  The Muslim Shari'a 
C)  The legacy of the pharaohs 
D)  Military strength 
A)  The Christian faith 
B)  The Muslim Shari'a 
C)  The legacy of the pharaohs 
D)  Military strength

Question 13

What role outside of religion did Ghana's Muslim religious leaders play?

Accepted Answer

A)  They sat in judgment of legal cases of all people in the kingdom. 
B)  They exercised civil authority over their fellow Muslims. 
C)  They were responsible for collecting tribute from the king's subordinate chieftains. 
D)  They were solely responsible for building new schools and universities. 
A)  They sat in judgment of legal cases of all people in the kingdom. 
B)  They exercised civil authority over their fellow Muslims. 
C)  They were responsible for collecting tribute from the king's subordinate chieftains. 
D)  They were solely responsible for building new schools and universities.

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Aksum

Accepted Answer

A) Speakers of this African language living south and east of the Congo River. 
B) The African region surrounded by the Sahara, the Gulf of Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the mountains of Ethiopia. 
C) North African peoples who controlled the caravan trade between the Mediterranean and the Sudan. 
D) A Muslim port city in East Africa founded between the eighth and tenth centuries; today it is the capital of Somalia. 
E) African collectives bound together by ethnic or blood ties rather than by being political territories.
F)From the word for "war chief," the name of a large and influential African kingdom inhabited by the Soninke people.
G)The city in which the king of Ghana held his court.
H)Originally a campsite for desert nomads, it grew into a thriving city under Mansa Musa, king of Mali and Africa's most famous ruler.
I)A kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia that was a sizable trading state and the center of Christian culture.
J)The East African coastal culture, named after a Bantu language whose vocabulary and poetic forms exhibit strong Arabic influences.
K)The most powerful city on the east coast of Africa by the late thirteenth century.
L)A ruined southern African city discovered by a German explorer in 1871; it is considered the most impressive monument south of the Nile Valley and Ethiopian highlands. 
A) Speakers of this African language living south and east of the Congo River. 
B) The African region surrounded by the Sahara, the Gulf of Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the mountains of Ethiopia. 
C) North African peoples who controlled the caravan trade between the Mediterranean and the Sudan. 
D) A Muslim port city in East Africa founded between the eighth and tenth centuries; today it is the capital of Somalia. 
E) African collectives bound together by ethnic or blood ties rather than by being political territories.
F)From the word for "war chief," the name of a large and influential African kingdom inhabited by the Soninke people.
G)The city in which the king of Ghana held his court.
H)Originally a campsite for desert nomads, it grew into a thriving city under Mansa Musa, king of Mali and Africa's most famous ruler.
I)A kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia that was a sizable trading state and the center of Christian culture.
J)The East African coastal culture, named after a Bantu language whose vocabulary and poetic forms exhibit strong Arabic influences.
K)The most powerful city on the east coast of Africa by the late thirteenth century.
L)A ruined southern African city discovered by a German explorer in 1871; it is considered the most impressive monument south of the Nile Valley and Ethiopian highlands.

Question 15

The introduction of Coptic Christianity into Ethiopia is traditionally ascribed to whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frumentius 
B)  Sheba 
C)  Menilek I 
D)  Prester John 
A)  Frumentius 
B)  Sheba 
C)  Menilek I 
D)  Prester John

Question 16

According to Map 10.1, "The Geography of Africa," which of the following best describes the climatic conditions through most of the African continent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Desert 
B)  Tropical 
C)  Sub-desert 
D)  Highland 
A)  Desert 
B)  Tropical 
C)  Sub-desert 
D)  Highland

Question 17

After gold, what was the most import trade commodity to come out of West Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivory 
B)  Kola nuts 
C)  Silver 
D)  Slaves 
A)  Ivory 
B)  Kola nuts 
C)  Silver 
D)  Slaves

Question 18

How did the growth of trans-Saharan trade affect West African society?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The growth

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Bantu

Accepted Answer

A) Speakers of this African language living south and east of the Congo River. 
B) The African region surrounded by the Sahara, the Gulf of Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the mountains of Ethiopia. 
C) North African peoples who controlled the caravan trade between the Mediterranean and the Sudan. 
D) A Muslim port city in East Africa founded between the eighth and tenth centuries; today it is the capital of Somalia. 
E) African collectives bound together by ethnic or blood ties rather than by being political territories.
F)From the word for "war chief," the name of a large and influential African kingdom inhabited by the Soninke people.
G)The city in which the king of Ghana held his court.
H)Originally a campsite for desert nomads, it grew into a thriving city under Mansa Musa, king of Mali and Africa's most famous ruler.
I)A kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia that was a sizable trading state and the center of Christian culture.
J)The East African coastal culture, named after a Bantu language whose vocabulary and poetic forms exhibit strong Arabic influences.
K)The most powerful city on the east coast of Africa by the late thirteenth century.
L)A ruined southern African city discovered by a German explorer in 1871; it is considered the most impressive monument south of the Nile Valley and Ethiopian highlands. 
A) Speakers of this African language living south and east of the Congo River. 
B) The African region surrounded by the Sahara, the Gulf of Guinea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the mountains of Ethiopia. 
C) North African peoples who controlled the caravan trade between the Mediterranean and the Sudan. 
D) A Muslim port city in East Africa founded between the eighth and tenth centuries; today it is the capital of Somalia. 
E) African collectives bound together by ethnic or blood ties rather than by being political territories.
F)From the word for "war chief," the name of a large and influential African kingdom inhabited by the Soninke people.
G)The city in which the king of Ghana held his court.
H)Originally a campsite for desert nomads, it grew into a thriving city under Mansa Musa, king of Mali and Africa's most famous ruler.
I)A kingdom in northwestern Ethiopia that was a sizable trading state and the center of Christian culture.
J)The East African coastal culture, named after a Bantu language whose vocabulary and poetic forms exhibit strong Arabic influences.
K)The most powerful city on the east coast of Africa by the late thirteenth century.
L)A ruined southern African city discovered by a German explorer in 1871; it is considered the most impressive monument south of the Nile Valley and Ethiopian highlands.

Question 20

Under the reign of Mansa Musa, what happened to the city of Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

A)  It lost its position as a major terminus of trans-Saharan trade. 
B)  It became the capital city of the entire Mali kingdom. 
C)  Its inhabitants revolted against the Islamic influences supported by the king. 
D)  It developed into a thriving commercial and intellectual center. 
A)  It lost its position as a major terminus of trans-Saharan trade. 
B)  It became the capital city of the entire Mali kingdom. 
C)  Its inhabitants revolted against the Islamic influences supported by the king. 
D)  It developed into a thriving commercial and intellectual center.

Exam 10: African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 Bce-1500 Ce

Following the conversion of North Africans to Islam, where did the deepest penetration of Islam occur south of the Sahara?

The village of Nok in Nigeria is famed for which of the following metallurgic skills?

During Ghana's heyday, what were the Mandinka known for?

What likely caused the fifteenth-century decline of Great Zimbabwe?

What was one result of the development of agriculture in early Africa?

Discuss the development and spread of ironworking technology in sub-Saharan Africa.

Trace the Bantu migrations into central and southern Africa. How did these migrations affect the development of civilization in Africa?

Mali's success as a kingdom was aided in part by which of the following?

Among the Asante in modern-day Ghana and the Yoruba in modern-day Nigeria, what figure held power equal to or even greater than the king?

Why did the civilization of Ghana develop in the southern portion of Wagadou?

What role might Islam have played in the eventual fall of Ghana?

On what was political authority in the Ethiopian kingdom based?

What role outside of religion did Ghana's Muslim religious leaders play?

Use the following to answer questions : -Aksum

The introduction of Coptic Christianity into Ethiopia is traditionally ascribed to whom?

According to Map 10.1, "The Geography of Africa," which of the following best describes the climatic conditions through most of the African continent?

After gold, what was the most import trade commodity to come out of West Africa?

How did the growth of trans-Saharan trade affect West African society?

Use the following to answer questions : -Bantu

Under the reign of Mansa Musa, what happened to the city of Timbuktu?

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

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

Africa and the World, 1400-1800

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

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Liberalization, 1968-2000s

The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

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