Question 1

How did the expansion of Islam into northern Ethiopia in the eighth century affect the city of Aksum?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought a huge influx of trade to the city. 
B)  It resolved religious conflicts that had weakened the region for four centuries. 
C)  It sparked a civil war and many political assassinations. 
D)  It weakened Aksum's commercial prosperity. 
A)  It brought a huge influx of trade to the city. 
B)  It resolved religious conflicts that had weakened the region for four centuries. 
C)  It sparked a civil war and many political assassinations. 
D)  It weakened Aksum's commercial prosperity.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the Kebra Negast?

Accepted Answer

A)  It served as a national epic and linked Ethiopia's identity to the Judeo-Christian tradition. 
B)  It told the story of the gold trade in Mali and the rise of the great Ethiopian king Mansa Musa. 
C)  If offered insight into African slavery and described the horrors endured by slaves in the trans-Saharan slave trade. 
D)  It detailed the extent of landed estates in Ghana and served as the first official census in Africa. 
A)  It served as a national epic and linked Ethiopia's identity to the Judeo-Christian tradition. 
B)  It told the story of the gold trade in Mali and the rise of the great Ethiopian king Mansa Musa. 
C)  If offered insight into African slavery and described the horrors endured by slaves in the trans-Saharan slave trade. 
D)  It detailed the extent of landed estates in Ghana and served as the first official census in Africa.

Question 3

What role did race play in the African slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race had little or no association with slavery. 
B)  Slavery was generally associated with lighter-skinned peoples. 
C)  Only black Africans were enslaved. 
D)  Caucasians were never enslaved in Africa. 
A)  Race had little or no association with slavery. 
B)  Slavery was generally associated with lighter-skinned peoples. 
C)  Only black Africans were enslaved. 
D)  Caucasians were never enslaved in Africa.

Question 4

What was Mansa Musa's most significant innovation?

Accepted Answer

A)  He used loyal family members as provincial governors. 
B)  He abolished the stratified social structure. 
C)  He introduced European-style military reforms. 
D)  He established a process by which slaves could buy their freedom. 
A)  He used loyal family members as provincial governors. 
B)  He abolished the stratified social structure. 
C)  He introduced European-style military reforms. 
D)  He established a process by which slaves could buy their freedom.

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-Kilwa

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 6

What was the most common form of leadership in the stateless societies of Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kingship 
B)  Theocracy 
C)  Local council 
D)  Dictatorship 
A)  Kingship 
B)  Theocracy 
C)  Local council 
D)  Dictatorship

Question 7

According to Map 10.2, "African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800-1500," which of the following regions in Africa was most likely to come into contact with Portuguese traders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mogadishu 
B)  Aksum 
C)  Benin 
D)  Tunis 
A)  Mogadishu 
B)  Aksum 
C)  Benin 
D)  Tunis

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions :
-Timbuktu

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 9

Discuss the impact of the gold trade on the development of African civilization.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
This essay

Question 10

Ethiopia was the first black African society that

Accepted Answer

A)  moved from being predominately Christian to Islamic. 
B)  built mosques. 
C)  can be studied from written records. 
D)  allowed Arab men to legally marry African women. 
A)  moved from being predominately Christian to Islamic. 
B)  built mosques. 
C)  can be studied from written records. 
D)  allowed Arab men to legally marry African women.

Question 11

Which of Africa's climate zones is best suited to grain-based agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rain forest 
B)  Savanna 
C)  Desert 
D)  Steppe 
A)  Rain forest 
B)  Savanna 
C)  Desert 
D)  Steppe

Question 12

What is the significance of al-Bakri's claim that there were twelve mosques in the Muslim half of Koumbi Saleh?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The number

Question 13

From where did Africans first gain ideas about settled agriculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indian Ocean traders brought plants and technology to Africa. 
B)  The Greeks and Romans shared agricultural techniques with North Africa. 
C)  Agriculture in Africa developed independently without outside influence. 
D)  Africans learned about settled agriculture from the Middle East. 
A)  Indian Ocean traders brought plants and technology to Africa. 
B)  The Greeks and Romans shared agricultural techniques with North Africa. 
C)  Agriculture in Africa developed independently without outside influence. 
D)  Africans learned about settled agriculture from the Middle East.

Question 14

By the fifteenth century, some 150 schools in Timbuktu were devoted to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Training new merchants 
B)  Educating former slaves 
C)  Studying the Qur'an 
D)  Maintaining oral traditions 
A)  Training new merchants 
B)  Educating former slaves 
C)  Studying the Qur'an 
D)  Maintaining oral traditions

Question 15

Compare and contrast the adoption of Christianity to the adoption or tolerance of Islam and the impact of these religions on state formation in Africa.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Several ki

Question 16

How did the influx of migrants from the Arabian peninsula affect the lives of the coastal people of East Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  The migrants had little to no influence as they remained strictly segregated from the indigenous peoples. 
B)  The Arabs introduced a strict social and racial hierarchy to the native culture and prohibited marriage between Arabs and Africans. 
C)  The migrants introduced Islamic culture, intermarried with Africans, and helped form a society that combined Asian, African, and Islamic traits. 
D)  The Arabs aggressively spread Islamic culture throughout the region and suppressed more traditional religious beliefs and cultural practices. 
A)  The migrants had little to no influence as they remained strictly segregated from the indigenous peoples. 
B)  The Arabs introduced a strict social and racial hierarchy to the native culture and prohibited marriage between Arabs and Africans. 
C)  The migrants introduced Islamic culture, intermarried with Africans, and helped form a society that combined Asian, African, and Islamic traits. 
D)  The Arabs aggressively spread Islamic culture throughout the region and suppressed more traditional religious beliefs and cultural practices.

Question 17

Describe the various ways settled agriculture moved into different regions of Africa.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Details of

Question 18

Approximately how many Africans were forced, according to the estimate of scholars, into the trans-Saharan slave trade between 650 and 1500?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 million 
B)  2 million 
C)  4 million 
D)  8 million 
A)  1 million 
B)  2 million 
C)  4 million 
D)  8 million

Question 19

The kingdom of Ghana and its successor, Mali, were both powerful states. What were the economic, military, and political bases of this power? How did older social and religious patterns affect the subsequent development of Ghana and Mali?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
This essay

Question 20

What crop was a major contributor to the rise in population of central Africa around 1000 C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bananas 
B)  Yams 
C)  Millet 
D)  Sorghum 
A)  Bananas 
B)  Yams 
C)  Millet 
D)  Sorghum

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

How did the expansion of Islam into northern Ethiopia in the eighth century affect the city of Aksum?

Which of the following is true of the Kebra Negast?

What role did race play in the African slave trade?

What was Mansa Musa's most significant innovation?

Use the following to answer questions : -Kilwa

What was the most common form of leadership in the stateless societies of Africa?

According to Map 10.2, "African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800-1500," which of the following regions in Africa was most likely to come into contact with Portuguese traders?

Use the following to answer questions : -Timbuktu

Discuss the impact of the gold trade on the development of African civilization.

Ethiopia was the first black African society that

Which of Africa's climate zones is best suited to grain-based agriculture?

What is the significance of al-Bakri's claim that there were twelve mosques in the Muslim half of Koumbi Saleh?

From where did Africans first gain ideas about settled agriculture?

By the fifteenth century, some 150 schools in Timbuktu were devoted to which of the following?

Compare and contrast the adoption of Christianity to the adoption or tolerance of Islam and the impact of these religions on state formation in Africa.

How did the influx of migrants from the Arabian peninsula affect the lives of the coastal people of East Africa?

Describe the various ways settled agriculture moved into different regions of Africa.

Approximately how many Africans were forced, according to the estimate of scholars, into the trans-Saharan slave trade between 650 and 1500?

The kingdom of Ghana and its successor, Mali, were both powerful states. What were the economic, military, and political bases of this power? How did older social and religious patterns affect the subsequent development of Ghana and Mali?

What crop was a major contributor to the rise in population of central Africa around 1000 C.E.?

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

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