Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Kongo refers to the Kingdom of Kongo, a

Question 3

The great river that dominates the western region of Africa, the so-called "hump of Africa," is the

Accepted Answer

A)  Nile. 
B)  Niger. 
C)  Congo. 
D)  Zaire. 
E)  Zambeze. 
A)  Nile. 
B)  Niger. 
C)  Congo. 
D)  Zaire. 
E)  Zambeze.

Question 4

Prior to the arrival of Islam, most African religions were monotheistic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The term "Zanj" refers to the "____" of the indigenous population of East Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  golden god 
B)  burnt skin 
C)  high and mighty priest 
D)  bountiful caravans 
E)  perfumed breath 
A)  golden god 
B)  burnt skin 
C)  high and mighty priest 
D)  bountiful caravans 
E)  perfumed breath

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
"fleets of the desert"

Accepted Answer

The term "fleets of the desert" refers t

Question 7

What is the earliest form of surviving architecture found in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Moorish palaces at Zanzibar 
B)  The pyramids of Egypt 
C)  The ruins of Great Zimbabwe 
D)  The mound city of Timbuktu 
E)  The ruins of Carthage 
A)  The Moorish palaces at Zanzibar 
B)  The pyramids of Egypt 
C)  The ruins of Great Zimbabwe 
D)  The mound city of Timbuktu 
E)  The ruins of Carthage

Question 8

The well-known African city of Marrakech is located in which country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Morocco 
B)  Ghana 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Ethiopia 
E)  Kenya 
A)  Morocco 
B)  Ghana 
C)  Egypt 
D)  Ethiopia 
E)  Kenya

Question 9

Swahili civilization was based on a mixture of native African and ____ cultures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Arab 
B)  Roman 
C)  Indian 
D)  Byzantine 
E)  Khoisan 
A)  Arab 
B)  Roman 
C)  Indian 
D)  Byzantine 
E)  Khoisan

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia is a country located in the Hor

Question 11

Ghana was the first great West African commercial state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Oral tradition refers to the passing dow

Question 13

The Kingdom of Mali

Accepted Answer

A)  profited greatly from the pearl trade. 
B)  was sufficiently dry to enable its farmers to grow corn, as well as sorghum and millet. 
C)  maintained a very active pro-Islamic policy under Mansa Musa. 
D)  rejected Islam in favor of Ethiopian-style Christianity. 
E)  disappeared in the fifth century C.E. 
A)  profited greatly from the pearl trade. 
B)  was sufficiently dry to enable its farmers to grow corn, as well as sorghum and millet. 
C)  maintained a very active pro-Islamic policy under Mansa Musa. 
D)  rejected Islam in favor of Ethiopian-style Christianity. 
E)  disappeared in the fifth century C.E.

Question 14

The Garamantes carried out an extensive trade with the Romans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Noncentralized societies refer to social

Question 16

The northern area of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans, is composed of the greatest desert on Earth, the

Accepted Answer

A)  Kalahari. 
B)  Gobi. 
C)  Sahara. 
D)  Niger. 
E)  Mojave. 
A)  Kalahari. 
B)  Gobi. 
C)  Sahara. 
D)  Niger. 
E)  Mojave.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Patrilinear, also known as patrilineal,

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Mansa" refers to the title use

Question 19

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.

Question 20

How did agriculture develop and spread in Africa? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

Agriculture in Africa developed and spre

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

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

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

The great river that dominates the western region of Africa, the so-called "hump of Africa," is the

Prior to the arrival of Islam, most African religions were monotheistic.

The term "Zanj" refers to the "____" of the indigenous population of East Africa.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "fleets of the desert"

What is the earliest form of surviving architecture found in Africa?

The well-known African city of Marrakech is located in which country?

Swahili civilization was based on a mixture of native African and ____ cultures.

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

Ghana was the first great West African commercial state.

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

The Kingdom of Mali

The Garamantes carried out an extensive trade with the Romans.

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

The northern area of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans, is composed of the greatest desert on Earth, the

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

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

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

How did agriculture develop and spread in Africa? Be specific.

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

Toward the Pacific Century

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