Question 1

What generalizations can be made about African religion prior to Islam? What beliefs and values did most African peoples share?

Accepted Answer

Prior to the spread of Islam in Africa,

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
al-Maghrib

Accepted Answer

Al-Maghrib, also known as the Maghreb, i

Question 3

The city of Meroë was located near extensive ____ deposits.

Accepted Answer

A)  gold 
B)  iron 
C)  silver 
D)  tin 
E)  copper 
A)  gold 
B)  iron 
C)  silver 
D)  tin 
E)  copper

Question 4

The ancient civilization that was located in the highlands of what is known today as Ethiopia was

Accepted Answer

A)  Yoruba. 
B)  Kush. 
C)  Sahara. 
D)  Axum. 
E)  Saba. 
A)  Yoruba. 
B)  Kush. 
C)  Sahara. 
D)  Axum. 
E)  Saba.

Question 5

The Khoi people of southern Africa were

Accepted Answer

A)  mercenary soldiers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  hunter-gatherers. 
E)  herders. 
A)  mercenary soldiers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  hunter-gatherers. 
E)  herders.

Question 6

How did the rise of Islam shape the development of East Africa? Give examples.

Accepted Answer

The rise of Islam had a significant impa

Question 7

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Nok. 
B)  Axum. 
C)  Kush. 
D)  Berger. 
E)  Malagasy. 
A)  Nok. 
B)  Axum. 
C)  Kush. 
D)  Berger. 
E)  Malagasy.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
polygyny

Accepted Answer

Polygyny is a form of marriage in which

Question 9

What was the ancient African kingdom that claimed to be descended from the Arabian kingdom of Saba (or Sheba)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Axum 
B)  Kush 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Egypt 
E)  Nubia 
A)  Axum 
B)  Kush 
C)  Meroë 
D)  Egypt 
E)  Nubia

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Nyame

Accepted Answer

Nyame is a term from the Akan people of

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Ashanti

Accepted Answer

The term "Ashanti" refers to a major eth

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
pantheism

Accepted Answer

Pantheism is the belief that the univers

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Zanzibar

Accepted Answer

Zanzibar is a term that refers to an arc

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
rock paintings

Accepted Answer

Rock paintings are images or designs pai

Question 15

The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  stelae. 
B)  mansa. 
C)  sasa. 
D)  zamani. 
E)  ziggurats. 
A)  stelae. 
B)  mansa. 
C)  sasa. 
D)  zamani. 
E)  ziggurats.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Madagascar

Accepted Answer

Madagascar is an island nation located o

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Zanj

Accepted Answer

The term "Zanj" refers to East African s

Question 18

In the states of West Africa, the focal point of the major towns was the

Accepted Answer

A)  town hall. 
B)  pleasure quarter. 
C)  temple of the high priest. 
D)  royal precinct. 
E)  marketplace. 
A)  town hall. 
B)  pleasure quarter. 
C)  temple of the high priest. 
D)  royal precinct. 
E)  marketplace.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
bards and The Epic of Son-Jara

Accepted Answer

Bards were poets and storytellers in anc

Question 20

What was the relationship between West African kings and the merchant? How did each side benefit from the relationship?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between West African ki

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

What generalizations can be made about African religion prior to Islam? What beliefs and values did most African peoples share?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. al-Maghrib

The city of Meroë was located near extensive ____ deposits.

The ancient civilization that was located in the highlands of what is known today as Ethiopia was

The Khoi people of southern Africa were

How did the rise of Islam shape the development of East Africa? Give examples.

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. polygyny

What was the ancient African kingdom that claimed to be descended from the Arabian kingdom of Saba (or Sheba)?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Nyame

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Ashanti

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. pantheism

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Zanzibar

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. rock paintings

The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Madagascar

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Zanj

In the states of West Africa, the focal point of the major towns was the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. bards and The Epic of Son-Jara

What was the relationship between West African kings and the merchant? How did each side benefit from the relationship?

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China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

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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

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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

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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

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