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What was the basic social unit in the western Sudan after 1000 B.C.E.? |
the extend family |
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Under the reign of Mansa Musa, what happened to the city of Timbuktu? |
It developed into a thriving commercial and intellectual center. |
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How many climatic zones is Africa divided into? |
5 |
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What did Greco-Roman ships traveling down from the east coast of Africa take to trade with peoples of that region? |
Manufactured goods |
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In the tenth century, Ghana became powerful by capturing what territory? |
The Berber town of Awdaghost and the southern portion of the trans-Saharan trade route |
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The introduction of Coptic Christianity into Ethiopia is traditionally ascribed to whom? |
Frumentius |
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The polyglot coastal culture of East Africa is known as what? |
Swahili |
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What animal made trans-Saharan trade viable? |
camel |
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What likely caused the fifteenth-century decline of Great Zimbabwe? |
Agriculturally unproductive land. |
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Which of the following describes religious practices in western Sudan? |
They were animistic and polytheistic. |
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Which of the following was a consequence of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324-1325? |
The Mediterranean world gained knowledge of the wealth of Mali. |
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What does the term Bantu refer to? |
A linguistic classification of African peoples who lived south of the Congo River. |
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What was one result of the development of agriculture in early Africa? |
Ties and connections between extended families became stronger. |
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What crop was a major contributor to the rise in population of central Africa around 1000 C.E.? |
Bananas |
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Royal descent in Ghana was hereditary. Who succeeded a king upon his death? |
His sister’s son |
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Which of Africa’s climate zones is best suited to grain-based agriculture? |
Savanna |
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The village of Nok in Nigeria is famed for which of the following metallurgic skills? |
Ironworking |
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Although many peoples settled in East Africa, including Arabs and Persians, much of Madagascar was settled by people from what area? |
Indonesia |
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Ethiopia was the first black African society that |
can be studied from written records |
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How did Christianity influence marriage norms in Ethiopia? |
Monogamy became common. |
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What was the most common form of leadership in the stateless societies of Africa? |
Local council |
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Following the conversion of North Africans to Islam, where did the deepest penetration of Islam occur south of the Sahara? |
In the West African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali |
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Which of the following is true of the Kebra Negast? |
It served as a national epic and linked Ethiopia’s identity to the Judeo-Christian tradition. |
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In the eleventh century, much of the gold from western Sudan spread to Asia to pay for what commodity from India? |
Spices |
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From where did Africans first gain ideas about settled agriculture? |
Africans learned about settled agriculture from the Middle East. |
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What does the term ghana mean? |
"War chief" |
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Approximately how many Africans were forced, according to the estimate of scholars, into the trans-Saharan slave trade between 650 and 1500? |
4 million |
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How did the development of the saddle contribute positively to the growth of trans-Saharan trade? |
It enabled the Berbers to dominate the desert. |
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How did the expansion of Islam into northern Ethiopia in the eighth century affect the city of Aksum? |
It weakened Aksum’s commercial prosperity. |
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A common belief in most African religions held that |
a supreme being had created the universe. |
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Scholars speculate that crops such as bananas and plantains originated where? |
They were brought to Africa from Asia. |
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Among the Asante in modern-day Ghana and the Yoruba in modern-day Nigeria, what figure held power equal to or even greater than the king? |
The Queen Mother |
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Why did the civilization of Ghana develop in the southern portion of Wagadou? |
Only the southern part received enough rainfall to be agriculturally productive. |
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Mali’s success as a kingdom was aided in part by which of the following? |
A strong agricultural and commercial base |
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What role outside of religion did Ghana’s Muslim religious leaders play? |
They exercised civil authority over their fellow Muslims. |
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Africa’s climate is mostly |
tropical. |
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Even up to 1955, Ethiopia’s rulers have claimed that they can trace their line of succession back to which of the following? |
The Hebrew king Solomon |
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What was the greatest source of income for the king of Ghana? |
His gold export monopoly |
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What was Mansa Musa’s most significant innovation? |
He used loyal family members as provincial governors. |
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Kingship in the western Sudan may have emerged out of what social role? |
priest |
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How did the influx of migrants from the Arabian peninsula affect the lives of the coastal people of East Africa? |
… |
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What role did race play in the African slave trade? |
Race had little or no association with slavery. |
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How did Muslims and non-Muslims interact in Ghana? |
Muslims lived separately from the African artisans and traders. |
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What are the Namib and the Kalahari? |
Two of Africa’s great deserts |
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After gold, what was the most important trade commodity to come out of West Africa? |
Slaves |
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On what was political authority in the Ethiopian kingdom based? |
The Christian faith |
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After the eighth century, most of the Berbers had converted to what religion? |
Islam |
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What was Mansa Musa’s most significant innovation? |
He used loyal family members as provincial governors. |
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By the fifteenth century, some 150 schools in Timbuktu were devoted to which of the following? |
Studying the Qur’an |
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Where did the Bantu peoples originate? |
Cameroon and Nigeria |
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During Ghana’s heyday, what were the Mandinka known for? |
Acting as middlemen in the gold and salt trades |
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