Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Berbers" refers to the indigen

Question 2

About ____ years ago, Homo sapiens sapiens began to spread out across Eurasia.

Accepted Answer

A)  one million 
B)  200,000 
C)  100,000 
D)  50,000 
E)  20,000 
A)  one million 
B)  200,000 
C)  100,000 
D)  50,000 
E)  20,000

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Saba is a term that refers to the ancien

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Niger River is a major river in West

Question 5

African art

Accepted Answer

A)  consists only of poetry and sculpture. 
B)  is very limited, due to the fact that wood was the universal medium of artistic statement. 
C)  contains no other major examples of architectural achievement except the pyramids. 
D)  includes the impressively crafted, mortar-less structures at Great Zimbabwe. 
E)  appeared only with the coming of Islam. 
A)  consists only of poetry and sculpture. 
B)  is very limited, due to the fact that wood was the universal medium of artistic statement. 
C)  contains no other major examples of architectural achievement except the pyramids. 
D)  includes the impressively crafted, mortar-less structures at Great Zimbabwe. 
E)  appeared only with the coming of Islam.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The Congo River is the second longest ri

Question 7

Discuss the influence of Egyptian culture on Axum and Meroë. Give examples.

Accepted Answer

The influence of Egyptian culture on Axu

Question 8

Which state developed in the southern half of Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Luba 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Marrakech 
D)  Ditripoli 
E)  Axum 
A)  Luba 
B)  Timbuktu 
C)  Marrakech 
D)  Ditripoli 
E)  Axum

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Mogadishu is the capital and largest cit

Question 10

What role did nomadic peoples play in the trans-Saharan trade?

Accepted Answer

Nomadic peoples played a crucial role in

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Kush was an ancient kingdom located in N

Question 12

Until the 1950s, the prevailing view among Western historians was that Africa was a continent without a history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Music in African societies

Accepted Answer

A)  was almost exclusively composed of singing, with supporting instruments rarely used. 
B)  was rarely related to religious activity. 
C)  employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells and the xylophone. 
D)  was exported to the New World in the eleventh century. 
E)  played no role in most communities. 
A)  was almost exclusively composed of singing, with supporting instruments rarely used. 
B)  was rarely related to religious activity. 
C)  employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells and the xylophone. 
D)  was exported to the New World in the eleventh century. 
E)  played no role in most communities.

Question 14

What was true about Swahili?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a culture reflecting a mixture of Indian and African influences. 
B)  It was a language that employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms. 
C)  It was a term that derives from the Arab word for "jungle." 
D)  It was exclusively a written language. 
E)  It became the official language of Islam. 
A)  It was a culture reflecting a mixture of Indian and African influences. 
B)  It was a language that employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms. 
C)  It was a term that derives from the Arab word for "jungle." 
D)  It was exclusively a written language. 
E)  It became the official language of Islam.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Coptic refers to the Christian ethnic gr

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
"talking drum"

Accepted Answer

The term "talking drum" refers to a type

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan scholar and e

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Ghana refers to the ancient empire locat

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The Garamantes were an ancient Berber pe

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Zagwe dynasty was a medieval dynasty

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

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

About ____ years ago, Homo sapiens sapiens began to spread out across Eurasia.

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

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

African art

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

Discuss the influence of Egyptian culture on Axum and Meroë. Give examples.

Which state developed in the southern half of Africa?

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

What role did nomadic peoples play in the trans-Saharan trade?

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

Until the 1950s, the prevailing view among Western historians was that Africa was a continent without a history.

Music in African societies

What was true about Swahili?

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

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "talking drum"

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

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

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

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

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