Question 1

What objects from an Igbo-Ukwu tomb seem to have been used as a form of currency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bowls 
B)  Elephant tusks 
C)  Beads 
D)  Pendants 
A)  Bowls 
B)  Elephant tusks 
C)  Beads 
D)  Pendants

Question 2

In African art, scarification symbolizes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religious affiliation 
B)  Enslavement 
C)  Great age 
D)  Beauty and status 
A)  Religious affiliation 
B)  Enslavement 
C)  Great age 
D)  Beauty and status

Question 3

Tassili n'Ajjer is in which of the following countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nigeria 
B)  Algeria 
C)  Sierra Leone 
D)  South Africa 
A)  Nigeria 
B)  Algeria 
C)  Sierra Leone 
D)  South Africa

Question 4

Which two animal figures appear on the soapstone monolith of Great Zimbabwe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horse and bird 
B)  Crocodile and bird 
C)  Turtle and crocodile 
D)  Turtle and elephant 
A)  Horse and bird 
B)  Crocodile and bird 
C)  Turtle and crocodile 
D)  Turtle and elephant

Question 5

The earliest African sculpture in the round was created by which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ife 
B)  Benin 
C)  Sapi 
D)  Nok 
A)  Ife 
B)  Benin 
C)  Sapi 
D)  Nok

Question 6

The artist called the Master of the Symbolic Execution has been identified as a master workshop artist from which culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jenne 
B)  Sapi 
C)  Benin 
D)  Igbo-Ukwu 
A)  Jenne 
B)  Sapi 
C)  Benin 
D)  Igbo-Ukwu

Question 7

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Which culture produced this figure of a woman?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ife 
B)  Djenne 
C)  Benin 
D)  Nok 
A)  Ife 
B)  Djenne 
C)  Benin 
D)  Nok

Question 8

Where do Yoruba legends place the group's origins?

Accepted Answer

A)  Benin City 
B)  Ife 
C)  Igbo-Ukwu 
D)  Tassili n'Ajjer 
A)  Benin City 
B)  Ife 
C)  Igbo-Ukwu 
D)  Tassili n'Ajjer

Question 9

Who are considered the regional ancestors of the Shona-speaking people?

Accepted Answer

A)  The people of Benin 
B)  The people of Ife 
C)  The people of Lydenburg 
D)  The people of Great Zimbabwe 
A)  The people of Benin 
B)  The people of Ife 
C)  The people of Lydenburg 
D)  The people of Great Zimbabwe

Question 10

The presence of Portuguese heads on the Benin waist pendant of the queen mother indicates which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  A victory of the Benin over the Portuguese 
B)  A marriage between the queen mother and a Portuguese lord 
C)  An item intended for export to Europe 
D)  An active diplomatic trade relationship 
A)  A victory of the Benin over the Portuguese 
B)  A marriage between the queen mother and a Portuguese lord 
C)  An item intended for export to Europe 
D)  An active diplomatic trade relationship

Exam 19: Africa Before 1800

What objects from an Igbo-Ukwu tomb seem to have been used as a form of currency?

In African art, scarification symbolizes which of the following?

Tassili n'Ajjer is in which of the following countries?

Which two animal figures appear on the soapstone monolith of Great Zimbabwe?

The earliest African sculpture in the round was created by which of the following groups?

The artist called the Master of the Symbolic Execution has been identified as a master workshop artist from which culture?

​ Which culture produced this figure of a woman?

Where do Yoruba legends place the group's origins?

Who are considered the regional ancestors of the Shona-speaking people?

The presence of Portuguese heads on the Benin waist pendant of the queen mother indicates which of the following?

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