Question 1

The vast grasslands that border the great desert region of the Sahara are known as

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A)  meoris. 
B)  wetlands. 
C)  savannahs. 
D)  jungles. 
E)  transvaals. 
A)  meoris. 
B)  wetlands. 
C)  savannahs. 
D)  jungles. 
E)  transvaals. C

Question 2

The southern African state of Zimbabwe

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A)  lacked an adequate water supply. 
B)  had an exclusively agricultural economy. 
C)  collapsed around the seventh century C.E. 
D)  was the mightiest empire Africa had ever known. 
E)  had a significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states. 
A)  lacked an adequate water supply. 
B)  had an exclusively agricultural economy. 
C)  collapsed around the seventh century C.E. 
D)  was the mightiest empire Africa had ever known. 
E)  had a significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states. E

Question 3

The San

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A)  was the largest tribal grouping in West Africa. 
B)  kept the Bantu out of their lands for eight centuries by using a guerrilla war strategy. 
C)  created the largest city in southern Africa in the eleventh century. 
D)  linguistically were related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of "clicking" sounds. 
E)  overwhelmed the fortress at Marrakech in 1066. 
A)  was the largest tribal grouping in West Africa. 
B)  kept the Bantu out of their lands for eight centuries by using a guerrilla war strategy. 
C)  created the largest city in southern Africa in the eleventh century. 
D)  linguistically were related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of "clicking" sounds. 
E)  overwhelmed the fortress at Marrakech in 1066. D

Question 4

What was the ancient kingdom to the South of Egypt called?

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A)  Kush 
B)  Mali 
C)  Kenya 
D)  Ethiopia 
A)  Kush 
B)  Mali 
C)  Kenya 
D)  Ethiopia

Question 5

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Accepted Answer

A)  Kurds. 
B)  Phoenicians. 
C)  Carthaginians. 
D)  Berbers. 
E)  Cree. 
A)  Kurds. 
B)  Phoenicians. 
C)  Carthaginians. 
D)  Berbers. 
E)  Cree.

Question 6

A(n) ____ settlement was established on the island of Madagascar in the early first millennium C.E.

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A)  Malay 
B)  Chinese 
C)  Arab 
D)  Roman 
E)  Persian 
A)  Malay 
B)  Chinese 
C)  Arab 
D)  Roman 
E)  Persian

Question 7

The ancient African kingdom of Meroë is recognized for its wealth stemming from

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A)  gold. 
B)  silver. 
C)  bronze. 
D)  iron. 
E)  copper. 
A)  gold. 
B)  silver. 
C)  bronze. 
D)  iron. 
E)  copper.

Question 8

The Arabs built the city of Cairo to defend against Byzantine attacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

East African trade

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A)  was exclusively oriented through the Nile to the Mediterranean. 
B)  provided a lively, ocean-going commercial intercourse with civilizations far to the east. 
C)  maintained a strictly coastal exchange between African cultures only. 
D)  was mainly with Madagascar. 
E)  was dominated by Christian merchants from Constantinople. 
A)  was exclusively oriented through the Nile to the Mediterranean. 
B)  provided a lively, ocean-going commercial intercourse with civilizations far to the east. 
C)  maintained a strictly coastal exchange between African cultures only. 
D)  was mainly with Madagascar. 
E)  was dominated by Christian merchants from Constantinople.

Question 10

The local chieftain of a Mali farming village was called a

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A)  mansa. 
B)  nkisi. 
C)  bantu. 
D)  saba. 
E)  sheikh. 
A)  mansa. 
B)  nkisi. 
C)  bantu. 
D)  saba. 
E)  sheikh.

Question 11

Karl Mauch found the ruins of

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A)  Katmandu. 
B)  Pietermar Teburg. 
C)  Great Zimbabwe. 
D)  Kilwa. 
E)  Namibia. 
A)  Katmandu. 
B)  Pietermar Teburg. 
C)  Great Zimbabwe. 
D)  Kilwa. 
E)  Namibia.

Question 12

Slavery in Africa originated with the coming of the Europeans in the fifteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

By the end of the fifth century CE, the kingdom of Axum was in a state of decline. .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Epic of Son-Jara tells the story of the founder and ruler of

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A)  Ghana. 
B)  Mali. 
C)  the Zanj. 
D)  Great Zimbabwe. 
E)  Kush. 
A)  Ghana. 
B)  Mali. 
C)  the Zanj. 
D)  Great Zimbabwe. 
E)  Kush.

Question 15

If one traveled south from the grasslands of central Africa, one would reach

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A)  the transvaal. 
B)  the Great Divide of the continent. 
C)  the area in which the predecessors of modern human beings first lived. 
D)  some of the world's richest deposits of minerals. 
E)  the Nile River 
A)  the transvaal. 
B)  the Great Divide of the continent. 
C)  the area in which the predecessors of modern human beings first lived. 
D)  some of the world's richest deposits of minerals. 
E)  the Nile River

Question 16

The king of Mali who went on a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in the fourteenth century was Mansa Musa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

By the eighth and ninth centuries, much of the trade across the Sahara Desert from Ghana was conducted by

Accepted Answer

A)  Arab merchants. 
B)  Chinese immigrants. 
C)  central African slaves. 
D)  the Ghanaian army. 
E)  Italian mercenaries. 
A)  Arab merchants. 
B)  Chinese immigrants. 
C)  central African slaves. 
D)  the Ghanaian army. 
E)  Italian mercenaries.

Question 18

Which of the following statements about the Sahara Desert is true?

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A)  Its western half was under the Atlantic Ocean until 2000 BCE 
B)  All evidence indicates that it was never anything other than a vast desert region. 
C)  At one point, it was an area that was green and flourishing with life. 
D)  It contained no significant trade routes. 
E)  It completely cut off Egypt from the rest of Africa. 
A)  Its western half was under the Atlantic Ocean until 2000 BCE 
B)  All evidence indicates that it was never anything other than a vast desert region. 
C)  At one point, it was an area that was green and flourishing with life. 
D)  It contained no significant trade routes. 
E)  It completely cut off Egypt from the rest of Africa.

Question 19

The original Bantu homeland was located in what today is

Accepted Answer

A)  Namibia. 
B)  Angola. 
C)  Chad. 
D)  Nigeria. 
E)  Zambia. 
A)  Namibia. 
B)  Angola. 
C)  Chad. 
D)  Nigeria. 
E)  Zambia.

Question 20

In addition to woodcarvings, other major African artistic contributions have been

Accepted Answer

A)  steel sculptures of European visitors done before 100 B.C.E. 
B)  ivory statues from southern Nigeria. 
C)  bronze and iron statuary produced at today's southern Nigeria. 
D)  wooden fortresses constructed in Zimbabwe. 
E)  Saharan aqueducts at Aswan. 
A)  steel sculptures of European visitors done before 100 B.C.E. 
B)  ivory statues from southern Nigeria. 
C)  bronze and iron statuary produced at today's southern Nigeria. 
D)  wooden fortresses constructed in Zimbabwe. 
E)  Saharan aqueducts at Aswan.

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

The vast grasslands that border the great desert region of the Sahara are known as

The southern African state of Zimbabwe

The San

What was the ancient kingdom to the South of Egypt called?

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

A(n) ____ settlement was established on the island of Madagascar in the early first millennium C.E.

The ancient African kingdom of Meroë is recognized for its wealth stemming from

The Arabs built the city of Cairo to defend against Byzantine attacks.

East African trade

The local chieftain of a Mali farming village was called a

Karl Mauch found the ruins of

Slavery in Africa originated with the coming of the Europeans in the fifteenth century.

By the end of the fifth century CE, the kingdom of Axum was in a state of decline. .

The Epic of Son-Jara tells the story of the founder and ruler of

If one traveled south from the grasslands of central Africa, one would reach

The king of Mali who went on a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in the fourteenth century was Mansa Musa.

By the eighth and ninth centuries, much of the trade across the Sahara Desert from Ghana was conducted by

Which of the following statements about the Sahara Desert is true?

The original Bantu homeland was located in what today is

In addition to woodcarvings, other major African artistic contributions have been

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

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