Question 1

Discuss,with specific examples,the impact of climate upon the development of African societies.

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The impact of climate on the development

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-lineage group

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A lineage group, also known as a lineage

Question 3

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 4

Identify the following terms.
-Timbuktu

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Timbuktu is a city in the West African n

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-bards and The Epic of Son-Jara

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Bards are storytellers, poets, and perfo

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-the Khoi and the San

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The Khoi and the San are two distinct in

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Mansa Musa

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Mansa Musa, also known as Musa I of Mali

Question 8

The Bantu languages feature a "click" sound.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Zagwe dynasty

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The Zagwe dynasty was a historical rulin

Question 10

All of the following statements about the arrival of Islam in Africa are true except

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A)  it began with the Arab defeat of the Byzantines in Egypt. 
B)  Muslim conversion was probably stimulated by tax incentives. 
C)  the Arab capture of Carthage unified their hegemony over what they called al-Maghrib. 
D)  Berber resistance blocked Arab expansion to the westward continental limits until after 1200. 
E)  Arab merchants played a notable role in trade in much of northern, central, and eastern Africa. 
A)  it began with the Arab defeat of the Byzantines in Egypt. 
B)  Muslim conversion was probably stimulated by tax incentives. 
C)  the Arab capture of Carthage unified their hegemony over what they called al-Maghrib. 
D)  Berber resistance blocked Arab expansion to the westward continental limits until after 1200. 
E)  Arab merchants played a notable role in trade in much of northern, central, and eastern Africa.

Question 11

Which of the following was not true about the spread of Islam in Africa?

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A)  It achieved only limited success in the mountains of Ethiopia. 
B)  It interfered with the efforts of African rulers to strengthen their power. 
C)  Its concepts of egalitarianism and polygamy had great appeal among the common people. 
D)  A different and distinctly African form of the religion developed, as local religious practices replaced basic Islamic ones. 
E)  It had considerable success in both West Africa and in East Africa 
A)  It achieved only limited success in the mountains of Ethiopia. 
B)  It interfered with the efforts of African rulers to strengthen their power. 
C)  Its concepts of egalitarianism and polygamy had great appeal among the common people. 
D)  A different and distinctly African form of the religion developed, as local religious practices replaced basic Islamic ones. 
E)  It had considerable success in both West Africa and in East Africa

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Nok culture

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The Nok culture refers to an ancient civ

Question 13

In your opinion,other than perhaps the Egyptian pyramids,what were the most significant architectural accomplishments in Africa,and why? Be specific.

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In my opinion, other than the Egyptian p

Question 14

The geographical obstacle which divides Africa's northern coast from the rest of the continent

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A)  is the Niger River. 
B)  is the Nile River. 
C)  are the Atlas Mountains. 
D)  is the Sahara Desert. 
E)  is the Kalahari Desert. 
A)  is the Niger River. 
B)  is the Nile River. 
C)  are the Atlas Mountains. 
D)  is the Sahara Desert. 
E)  is the Kalahari Desert.

Question 15

All of the following are correct about the Garamantes except they

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A)  transported goods across the Libyan Desert. 
B)  were known to the Romans. 
C)  survived for only a century. 
D)  traded in salt, glass, metal, olive oil, and wine, gold, and slaves. 
E)  declined as the desert dried up. 
A)  transported goods across the Libyan Desert. 
B)  were known to the Romans. 
C)  survived for only a century. 
D)  traded in salt, glass, metal, olive oil, and wine, gold, and slaves. 
E)  declined as the desert dried up.

Question 16

What are the possible explanations-geographical,political,religious,and economic-which kept the West in almost total ignorance of sub-Saharan Africa until relatively recent times?

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The West's ignorance of sub-Saharan Afri

Question 17

Recent archeological and anthropological discoveries have shown that

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A)  Africans took over the Arabian Peninsula before 1,000 B.C.E. 
B)  African societies were much more involved in worldwide developments of human history than had previously been believed. 
C)  the process of state-building was more advanced in sub-Sahara Africa than it was in ancient India, China and Mesopotamia. 
D)  farming and kingship were concepts brought into Africa from Mesopotamia. 
E)  Africa was totally isolated from the rest of the world until the tenth century C.E. 
A)  Africans took over the Arabian Peninsula before 1,000 B.C.E. 
B)  African societies were much more involved in worldwide developments of human history than had previously been believed. 
C)  the process of state-building was more advanced in sub-Sahara Africa than it was in ancient India, China and Mesopotamia. 
D)  farming and kingship were concepts brought into Africa from Mesopotamia. 
E)  Africa was totally isolated from the rest of the world until the tenth century C.E.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Cape Guardafui

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Cape Guardafui, also known as Ras Asir,

Question 19

In regard to state building in West Africa,it can be said that

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A)  Ghana was the first great commercial state there. 
B)  warfare with the Byzantines resulted in the eventual decline of the kingdom of Ghana. 
C)  trade and commerce produced the growth of an integrated empire in the region. 
D)  Zimbabwe replaced Ghana as the predominant trading nation of the area. 
E)  it was conquered by Arabs. 
A)  Ghana was the first great commercial state there. 
B)  warfare with the Byzantines resulted in the eventual decline of the kingdom of Ghana. 
C)  trade and commerce produced the growth of an integrated empire in the region. 
D)  Zimbabwe replaced Ghana as the predominant trading nation of the area. 
E)  it was conquered by Arabs.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Mombasa,Zanzibar,and Mogadishu

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Mombasa, Zanzibar, and Mogadishu are all

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

Discuss,with specific examples,the impact of climate upon the development of African societies.

Identify the following terms. -lineage group

Karl Mauch found the ruins of

Identify the following terms. -Timbuktu

Identify the following terms. -bards and The Epic of Son-Jara

Identify the following terms. -the Khoi and the San

Identify the following terms. -Mansa Musa

The Bantu languages feature a "click" sound.

Identify the following terms. -Zagwe dynasty

All of the following statements about the arrival of Islam in Africa are true except

Which of the following was not true about the spread of Islam in Africa?

Identify the following terms. -Nok culture

In your opinion,other than perhaps the Egyptian pyramids,what were the most significant architectural accomplishments in Africa,and why? Be specific.

The geographical obstacle which divides Africa's northern coast from the rest of the continent

All of the following are correct about the Garamantes except they

What are the possible explanations-geographical,political,religious,and economic-which kept the West in almost total ignorance of sub-Saharan Africa until relatively recent times?

Recent archeological and anthropological discoveries have shown that

Identify the following terms. -Cape Guardafui

In regard to state building in West Africa,it can be said that

Identify the following terms. -Mombasa,Zanzibar,and Mogadishu

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

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

Toward the Pacific Century

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