Early African Civilization Ch.13 (7th)

Question 1

Who took away the title Mansa from local leaders and gave it to himself?

Accepted Answer

Sundiata

Question 2

Songhai didn't practice the same salt and gold trade as the Ghana and Mali Empires.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 3

the name of the weak ruler that is son of Mansa Musa is?

Accepted Answer

Maghan

Question 4

griots...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 5

what brought the greatest source of wealth to West Africa?

Accepted Answer

gold and salt mines

Question 6

Sonike were farmers that banded together along Niger River that developed into Ancient Ghana.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 7

In _____ Africa, mountains extend alongside great rifts.

Accepted Answer

eastern

Question 8

Niger river provided ....

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 9

___________ was not very common in ancient West African civilization

Accepted Answer

writing

Question 10

the ability to heat certain kinds of rocks to get a hard metal influenced

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 11

Dausi and Sundiata are

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 12

Ghana's rulers taxed only the neighboring tribes and not the people of Ghana.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

Which of the following statement isn't true about Africa's geography?

Accepted Answer

Sub-Saharan Africa contains no rivers

Question 14

Earliest people in West Africa were

Accepted Answer

Sonike

Question 15

Which section did Ms. Hwang tell you to look at first? (hint: hardest/most important section)

Accepted Answer

three

Question 16

animism is the belief that ancestors spirits stay in carved statues

Accepted Answer

false

Question 17

Which of the following statement isn't true about Africa's geography?

Accepted Answer

Sub-Saharan Africa contains no rivers

Question 18

Artists of West Africa made wooden ____ that are faces of animals

Accepted Answer

masks

Question 19

Kente

Accepted Answer

hand-woven, brightly colored woven cloth

Question 20

why were visitors' written account important ?

Accepted Answer

what we know mainly comes from writings of travels& scholars

Question 21

Typically West Africans gave loyalty to only their extended families.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 22

Which of the following did Sundiata NOT do?

Accepted Answer

practiced both Muslim&local religion& made religious harmony

Question 23

Sunni Ali brought stability to Songhai Empire by

Accepted Answer

uniting enlarged empire by dividing into 5 provinces

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT true about Morocco

Accepted Answer

Southern African Rivals

Question 25

Which area of Africa has the most of region's resources?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 26

Which of the following river isn't located in West African region?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 27

Under which ruler did Mali's wealth, power, and trade reach its peak?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 28

Rulers probably banned ownership of gold nuggets in commoners because

Accepted Answer

to ensure the rulers were richer than subjects

Question 29

Which of the following did Mansa Musa NOT do?

Accepted Answer

divided empire into 5 provinces

Question 30

__________ rebelled and regained freedom when _________ empire was weakened.

Accepted Answer

Songhai ; Mali's

Question 31

__ is not a muslim and the Sonhai people feared that this would lose trade with Muslim

Accepted Answer

Sunni Baru

Question 32

part of Ghana's wealth went largely to support?

Accepted Answer

the army

Question 33

____ tells about the history of Ghana mixed with myths and legends

Accepted Answer

Dausi

Question 34

Great Zimbabwe was a powerful African kingdom because...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 35

What region divides the desert area from wetter areas?

Accepted Answer

Sahel

Question 36

Salt is important because....

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 37

Which region is at the top of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 38

Askia the Great did NOT...

Accepted Answer

set up two provinces and appointed new loyal governors

Question 39

proverbs are storytellers of early West Africa

Accepted Answer

false

Question 40

Sundiata built a strong army and won independence from a harsh ruler.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 41

West African cultures have special dance(s) for

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 42

What was the process in which people exchanged goods without contacting each other.

Accepted Answer

silent barter

Question 43

Who was the ruler that helped Islam spread & stressed importance of learning Arabic language?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 44

What was not true about religion in ancient West African civilization?

Accepted Answer

worshiped the goddess of iron

Question 45

Which area is moist, densely wooded, and has heavy amounts of precipitation.

Accepted Answer

Rain forest

Question 46

Which of the following statement isn't true about Africa's geography?

Accepted Answer

Sub-Saharan Africa contains no rivers

Question 47

Rulers of Ghana banned commoners from owning

Accepted Answer

gold nuggets

Question 48

Sunni Baru was son of Sunni Ali and not Muslim

Accepted Answer

true

Question 49

West African expressed themselves through all of the following...EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

instrument making

Question 50

The fall of Mali empire was due to a weak leader and raiders from Southeast.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 51

Who was the most famous Muslim visitor's written account of his detailed West African journey

Accepted Answer

Ibn Battutah

Question 52

What helped people of a village to work together to hunt, farm, and raise animals.

Accepted Answer

age-sets

Question 53

What resulted in prosperous Ghana.....

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 54

Which of the following is NOT true about Ghana's rulers' and their taxes?

Accepted Answer

neighboring tribes didn't have to pay taxes

Question 55

The Songhai people feared that Sunni Baru ...

Accepted Answer

would cost them to lose trade with Muslim lands

Question 56

iron tools resulted in all of the following except....

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 57

Ghana's decline was because of.....

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 58

Under which Ghana king did the empire reach its height?

Accepted Answer

Tunka Manin

Question 59

Sub Saharan is Africa North of Sahara desert.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 60

what was important about oral history

Accepted Answer

they preserved and passed down history

Question 61

What is NOT true about statues

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 62

Mansa Musa conquered _______ and added it to his ______ Empire.

Accepted Answer

Songhai ; Mali

Question 63

Ghana's gold mines brought income to royal treasury (ruler's ownership)

Accepted Answer

true

Question 64

what were the problems with griots

Accepted Answer

somehistoricalevents were distorted dueto mistakesmadebythem

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