Question 1

Royal descent in Ghana was hereditary. Who succeeded a king upon his death?

Accepted Answer

A)  His firstborn son 
B)  His sister's son 
C)  His strongest son 
D)  His brother 
A)  His firstborn son 
B)  His sister's son 
C)  His strongest son 
D)  His brother

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions :
-Ghana

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 3

What does the term ghana mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Rain maker" 
B)  "War chief" 
C)  "The divine" 
D)  "Father" 
A)  "Rain maker" 
B)  "War chief" 
C)  "The divine" 
D)  "Father"

Question 4

Although many peoples settled in East Africa, including Arabs and Persians, much of Madagascar was settled by people from what area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe 
B)  Mandinka 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Indonesia 
A)  Europe 
B)  Mandinka 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Indonesia

Question 5

Scholars speculate that crops such as bananas and plantains originated where?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are indigenous to Africa. 
B)  They were brought to Africa from South America. 
C)  They were brought to Africa from Asia. 
D)  They were brought to Africa from Europe. 
A)  They are indigenous to Africa. 
B)  They were brought to Africa from South America. 
C)  They were brought to Africa from Asia. 
D)  They were brought to Africa from Europe.

Question 6

Which of the following was a consequence of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans attempted to convert the people of Mali to Christianity. 
B)  The Mediterranean world gained knowledge of the wealth of Mali. 
C)  Berbers began invading Mali in order to capture its gold. 
D)  Egypt and Arabia closed itself off from Mali trade. 
A)  Europeans attempted to convert the people of Mali to Christianity. 
B)  The Mediterranean world gained knowledge of the wealth of Mali. 
C)  Berbers began invading Mali in order to capture its gold. 
D)  Egypt and Arabia closed itself off from Mali trade.

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions :
-Mogadishu

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 8

According to Map 10.2, "African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800-1500," based on their size and number, along which major river did many of Africa's largest and most numerous trade centers develop?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Congo 
B)  The Niger 
C)  The Nile 
D)  The Limpopo 
A)  The Congo 
B)  The Niger 
C)  The Nile 
D)  The Limpopo

Question 9

Which of the following describes religious practices in western Sudan?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were animistic and polytheistic. 
B)  Most people adhered to Islam. 
C)  Christianity became the norm once it was introduced into Ethiopia. 
D)  People in that region of Africa practiced an extinct form of monotheism. 
A)  They were animistic and polytheistic. 
B)  Most people adhered to Islam. 
C)  Christianity became the norm once it was introduced into Ethiopia. 
D)  People in that region of Africa practiced an extinct form of monotheism.

Question 10

The polyglot coastal culture of East Africa is known as what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coptic 
B)  Zimbabwe 
C)  Swahili 
D)  Soninke 
A)  Coptic 
B)  Zimbabwe 
C)  Swahili 
D)  Soninke

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions :
-Swahili

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 12

What kinds of goods were imported into and exported out of the East African city-states? What is the significance of this trade?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The chapte

Question 13

Discuss some of the reasons why West Africa rulers-such as the kings of Ghana, Mali, and Kanem-Bornu-converted to Islam.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The essay

Question 14

What are the Namib and the Kalahari?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fertile east and west coasts of Africa 
B)  Two of the largest rivers in sub-Saharan Africa 
C)  The capitals of Ghana and Mali, respectively 
D)  Two of Africa's great deserts 
A)  The fertile east and west coasts of Africa 
B)  Two of the largest rivers in sub-Saharan Africa 
C)  The capitals of Ghana and Mali, respectively 
D)  Two of Africa's great deserts

Question 15

How did Muslims and non-Muslims interact in Ghana?

Accepted Answer

A)  Everyone was thoroughly integrated into the local society. 
B)  Not well; eventually the Muslims converted to animism as a result of political pressure. 
C)  Muslims provided valuable unskilled labor for the mines. 
D)  Muslims lived separately from the African artisans and traders. 
A)  Everyone was thoroughly integrated into the local society. 
B)  Not well; eventually the Muslims converted to animism as a result of political pressure. 
C)  Muslims provided valuable unskilled labor for the mines. 
D)  Muslims lived separately from the African artisans and traders.

Question 16

Discuss the nature of life and society in the kingdoms of western Sudan from 1000 B.C.E. to 800 C.E.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The Sudan,

Question 17

In the tenth century, Ghana became powerful by capturing what territory?

Accepted Answer

A)  The neighboring kingdom of Mali and its goldmines 
B)  The territory of the Soninke king 
C)  The Berber town of Awdaghost and the southern portion of the trans-Saharan trade route 
D)  The majority of Berber strongholds and their mosques 
A)  The neighboring kingdom of Mali and its goldmines 
B)  The territory of the Soninke king 
C)  The Berber town of Awdaghost and the southern portion of the trans-Saharan trade route 
D)  The majority of Berber strongholds and their mosques

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

Royal descent in Ghana was hereditary. Who succeeded a king upon his death?

Use the following to answer questions : -Ghana

What does the term ghana mean?

Although many peoples settled in East Africa, including Arabs and Persians, much of Madagascar was settled by people from what area?

Scholars speculate that crops such as bananas and plantains originated where?

Which of the following was a consequence of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325?

Use the following to answer questions : -Mogadishu

According to Map 10.2, "African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800-1500," based on their size and number, along which major river did many of Africa's largest and most numerous trade centers develop?

Which of the following describes religious practices in western Sudan?

The polyglot coastal culture of East Africa is known as what?

Use the following to answer questions : -Swahili

What kinds of goods were imported into and exported out of the East African city-states? What is the significance of this trade?

Discuss some of the reasons why West Africa rulers-such as the kings of Ghana, Mali, and Kanem-Bornu-converted to Islam.

What are the Namib and the Kalahari?

How did Muslims and non-Muslims interact in Ghana?

Discuss the nature of life and society in the kingdoms of western Sudan from 1000 B.C.E. to 800 C.E.

In the tenth century, Ghana became powerful by capturing what territory?

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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

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Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

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The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1917

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