Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-lineage group

Accepted Answer

A lineage group, also known as a lineage

Question 2

African music

Accepted Answer

A) never served a religious function. 
B) refused to employ the use of strong motifs of repeated beats. 
C) produced a totality of music in its combination of voice and instrument sounds. 
D) played no role in the ceremonies, rituals, and education processes of the society. 
E) was restricted only to non-Islam societies. 
A) never served a religious function. 
B) refused to employ the use of strong motifs of repeated beats. 
C) produced a totality of music in its combination of voice and instrument sounds. 
D) played no role in the ceremonies, rituals, and education processes of the society. 
E) was restricted only to non-Islam societies.

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Ibn Battuta

Accepted Answer

Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan Muslim schola

Question 4

There are San rock paintings discovered in Africa that depict illustrations of ritual ceremonies directed by the village shamans to

Accepted Answer

A) induce rain. 
B) propitiate the merchants. 
C) bring nirvana. 
D) prevent floods. 
E) prevent war. 
A) induce rain. 
B) propitiate the merchants. 
C) bring nirvana. 
D) prevent floods. 
E) prevent war.

Question 5

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Accepted Answer

A) Kurds. 
B) Phoenicians. 
C) Carthaginians. 
D) Berbers. 
E) Cree. 
A) Kurds. 
B) Phoenicians. 
C) Carthaginians. 
D) Berbers. 
E) Cree.

Question 6

Bronze head sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

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A) Benin. 
B) Ife. 
C) Nok. 
D) San. 
E) Kongo. 
A) Benin. 
B) Ife. 
C) Nok. 
D) San. 
E) Kongo.

Question 7

The Kush adopted many of their political and cultural institutions from Egypt.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Swahili

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify the following terms.
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Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Khoisan

Accepted Answer

Khoisan is a term used to describe a gro

Question 10

All of the following were true about the southern African state of Zimbabwe except

Accepted Answer

A) it was located south of the Zambezi River. 
B) it played no significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states to the east. 
C) it derived great wealth from its role in expanded trade activities between coastal Africa and regions of the continent's interior. 
D) a possible explanation for its demise may have been its unsound environmental practices, such as overgrazing. 
E) it had a significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states. 
A) it was located south of the Zambezi River. 
B) it played no significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states to the east. 
C) it derived great wealth from its role in expanded trade activities between coastal Africa and regions of the continent's interior. 
D) a possible explanation for its demise may have been its unsound environmental practices, such as overgrazing. 
E) it had a significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states.

Question 11

​According to the Periplus, the cosmopolitan population engaging in trade in Southeast Africa was found at

Accepted Answer

A) ​Lake Victoria. 
B) ​Port Rhapta. 
C) ​Madagascar 
D) ​Ethiopia 
E) ​Axum 
A) ​Lake Victoria. 
B) ​Port Rhapta. 
C) ​Madagascar 
D) ​Ethiopia 
E) ​Axum

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-rock paintings

Accepted Answer

Rock paintings, also known as pictograph

Question 13

A unique aspect of the ancient Ethiopian civilization was the fact that

Accepted Answer

A) it was the only Muslim society in the area. 
B) it adopted the form of Christianity practiced in Egypt. 
C) its assimilation by Kush was brought about through the development of trade ties. 
D) the Syrians were able to make it a Muslim nation. 
E) it remained animist in religion until the twentieth century. 
A) it was the only Muslim society in the area. 
B) it adopted the form of Christianity practiced in Egypt. 
C) its assimilation by Kush was brought about through the development of trade ties. 
D) the Syrians were able to make it a Muslim nation. 
E) it remained animist in religion until the twentieth century.

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Timbuktu

Accepted Answer

Timbuktu is a city in the West African n

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Rhapta

Accepted Answer

Rhapta was an ancient marketplace believ

Question 16

Axum was

Accepted Answer

A) the capital city of Kush. 
B) founded possibly by migrants from the Kingdom of Saba/Sheba in the Arabian Peninsula. 
C) the home of Mansa Musa. 
D) fatally defeated by the army of Zimbabwe. 
E) on the Congo River. 
A) the capital city of Kush. 
B) founded possibly by migrants from the Kingdom of Saba/Sheba in the Arabian Peninsula. 
C) the home of Mansa Musa. 
D) fatally defeated by the army of Zimbabwe. 
E) on the Congo River.

Question 17

The Bantu languages feature a "click" sound.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Niger River

Accepted Answer

The Niger River is a major river in West

Question 19

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 20

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.

Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

Identify the following terms. -lineage group

African music

Identify the following terms. -Ibn Battuta

There are San rock paintings discovered in Africa that depict illustrations of ritual ceremonies directed by the village shamans to

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Bronze head sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

The Kush adopted many of their political and cultural institutions from Egypt.​

Identify the following terms. -Swahili

Identify the following terms. -Khoisan

All of the following were true about the southern African state of Zimbabwe except

​According to the Periplus, the cosmopolitan population engaging in trade in Southeast Africa was found at

Identify the following terms. -rock paintings

A unique aspect of the ancient Ethiopian civilization was the fact that

Identify the following terms. -Timbuktu

Identify the following terms. -Rhapta

Axum was

The Bantu languages feature a "click" sound.

Identify the following terms. -Niger River

African art

The Kingdom of Mali

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 2

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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The Kush adopted many of their political and cultural institutions from Egypt.

According to the Periplus, the cosmopolitan population engaging in trade in Southeast Africa was found at