Question 1

Which of the following was considered a forest or woodland civilization?

Accepted Answer

A) Mali 
B) Great Zimbabwe 
C) Ifè 
D) Axum 
E) Nubia 
A) Mali 
B) Great Zimbabwe 
C) Ifè 
D) Axum 
E) Nubia

Question 2

Term for identification: Swahili

Accepted Answer

The term "Swahili" refers to a Bantu lan

Question 3

Compare and contrast the western Sudan, forest and woodland, East African, and Great Zimbabwe civilizations including cultural, economic, religious, and geographical aspects.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a compar

Question 4

Which one of the following was the sky god of the Yoruba people?

Accepted Answer

A) Oduduwa 
B) Olorun 
C) Oni 
D) Ogboni 
E) Ewuare 
A) Oduduwa 
B) Olorun 
C) Oni 
D) Ogboni 
E) Ewuare

Question 5

What did thirteenth-century Arabs traveling to Africa find shocking by Muslim standards?

Accepted Answer

A) widespread cannibalism in Africa 
B) the freedom of African women 
C) the fact that children were used as slaves 
D) the wealth of African kings 
E) the lack of any form of government 
A) widespread cannibalism in Africa 
B) the freedom of African women 
C) the fact that children were used as slaves 
D) the wealth of African kings 
E) the lack of any form of government

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the Swahili traders?

Accepted Answer

A) Indian 
B) Niger-Congo speaking 
C) Bantu speaking 
D) Persian 
E) Egyptian 
A) Indian 
B) Niger-Congo speaking 
C) Bantu speaking 
D) Persian 
E) Egyptian

Question 7

What was the role of a king in the Sudanic kingship?

Accepted Answer

A) He was head of a complex bureaucracy. 
B) He performed priestly duties and divined the will of the ancestors. 
C) He had a small cabinet of officials who advised him on state matters. 
D) He was the absolute ruler with final say in all matters. 
E) He would administer the law code of the society. 
A) He was head of a complex bureaucracy. 
B) He performed priestly duties and divined the will of the ancestors. 
C) He had a small cabinet of officials who advised him on state matters. 
D) He was the absolute ruler with final say in all matters. 
E) He would administer the law code of the society.

Question 8

Describe the cultures of the western Sudan; and explain what elements made them unique among African civilizations.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include signific

Question 9

Discuss the significance of Axum in African history. Include aspects such as religion, trade, and long-term impact on that region of Africa.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a thorough discuss

Question 10

Which of the following statements was NOT true about the lives of children in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) Boys and girls from an early age worked with clan elders farming the fields. 
B) Children were trained by elders in bush schools. 
C) Boys and girls were taught oral traditions, histories, and myths of the clan. 
D) Youths were trained to carry on the family profession. 
E) Youths had to submit to a formal rite of passage before being placed in age sets. 
A) Boys and girls from an early age worked with clan elders farming the fields. 
B) Children were trained by elders in bush schools. 
C) Boys and girls were taught oral traditions, histories, and myths of the clan. 
D) Youths were trained to carry on the family profession. 
E) Youths had to submit to a formal rite of passage before being placed in age sets.

Question 11

In the early centuries C.E., what natural resource was discovered in the Senegal River region?

Accepted Answer

A) iron 
B) salt 
C) diamonds 
D) silver 
E) gold 
A) iron 
B) salt 
C) diamonds 
D) silver 
E) gold

Question 12

Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of which kingdom?

Accepted Answer

A) Songhay 
B) Axum 
C) Mali 
D) Ghana 
E) Ethiopia 
A) Songhay 
B) Axum 
C) Mali 
D) Ghana 
E) Ethiopia

Question 13

Which of the following statements describes the Oyo?

Accepted Answer

A) They remained a group of small villages. 
B) They were Swahili migrants to the forests. 
C) The Oyo were the only Christian kingdom in Africa. 
D) They did not practice agriculture. 
E) They were the largest and most powerful Yoruba city-state. 
A) They remained a group of small villages. 
B) They were Swahili migrants to the forests. 
C) The Oyo were the only Christian kingdom in Africa. 
D) They did not practice agriculture. 
E) They were the largest and most powerful Yoruba city-state.

Question 14

​In order to achieve political power in Africa, one had to control all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) ​imports 
B) ​exports 
C) ​women 
D) ​livestock 
E) ​priests 
A) ​imports 
B) ​exports 
C) ​women 
D) ​livestock 
E) ​priests

Question 15

Which of the following were vital commodities in the Saharan trade?

Accepted Answer

A) salt, gold, slaves 
B) gold, silver, wood 
C) slaves, silver, gold 
D) silver, sugar, salt 
E) sugar, salt, gold 
A) salt, gold, slaves 
B) gold, silver, wood 
C) slaves, silver, gold 
D) silver, sugar, salt 
E) sugar, salt, gold

Question 16

What was the duty of village elders in African societies?

Accepted Answer

A) to oversee all decision-making in the village 
B) to perform marriages 
C) to settle disputes 
D) to make laws 
E) to lead wars when necessary 
A) to oversee all decision-making in the village 
B) to perform marriages 
C) to settle disputes 
D) to make laws 
E) to lead wars when necessary

Exam 17: Africa From Axum to 1400

Which of the following was considered a forest or woodland civilization?

Term for identification: Swahili

Compare and contrast the western Sudan, forest and woodland, East African, and Great Zimbabwe civilizations including cultural, economic, religious, and geographical aspects.

Which one of the following was the sky god of the Yoruba people?

What did thirteenth-century Arabs traveling to Africa find shocking by Muslim standards?

Which of the following best describes the Swahili traders?

What was the role of a king in the Sudanic kingship?

Describe the cultures of the western Sudan; and explain what elements made them unique among African civilizations.

Discuss the significance of Axum in African history. Include aspects such as religion, trade, and long-term impact on that region of Africa.

Which of the following statements was NOT true about the lives of children in Africa?

In the early centuries C.E., what natural resource was discovered in the Senegal River region?

Mansa Musa was the most famous ruler of which kingdom?

Which of the following statements describes the Oyo?

​In order to achieve political power in Africa, one had to control all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following were vital commodities in the Saharan trade?

What was the duty of village elders in African societies?

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