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1
What were nicknamed the "ships of the desert"?
jalopies
camels
elephants
chariots
2
Mansa Musa converted to which religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
3
Both Ibn Battuta and Mansa Musa demonstrated their religious values by
converting Africans to Christianity
meditating along the banks of the Ganges River
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
visiting the wailing wall in Jerusalem
4
The geography of Africa is made up of:
Deserts and Savannahs
Deserts and Tundras
Savannahs and Steppes
Mountains and Deserts
5
What are the 3 West African Kingdoms?
Mali, Kush, Ghana
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Kush, Ghana, Songhai
Ghana, Mali, Mecca
6
Caravan traders would have to go through deserts to trade. Which enduring issue is connected to
ideas & beliefs
inequality
environmental impact
power
7
What is a Savannah?
grassland, with small shrubs
triple canopy, lush vegatation
swampy wetlands, aquatic plants
frozen plains, little vegatation
8
Trade along the Silk Roads and the trans-Saharan trade routes resulted in
a movement toward decolonization
the Columbian exchange
cultural diffusion between different societies
elimination of all traditional beliefs
9
A desert has trees and grassy lands
True
False
10
Ghana received goods from other civilizations like salt, textiles, and horses by trading them:
camels & lead
salt & gold
copper, horns, & silk
indigo & pepper
11
Rainforests are humid and receive lots of rainfall
False
True
12
What created challenges and opportunities in early African civilizations?
strong leaders
warfare
gods will
landforms
13
The Kingdoms of Mali and Ghana both had what major African river flow through them?
Nile
Congo
Orange
Niger
14
Which kingdom was the first?
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
15
Western civilizations in Africa became rich because they controlled what?
The gold & salt trade
The iron & gold trade
The pottery & salt trade
The salt & iron trade
16
Story telling is an important way that African history has been preserved, what type of history
False History
Gender History
Alternate History
Oral History
17
SWAHILI is a language that mixes what?
Bantu + some Spanish
Bantu + some Arabic
Bantu + some French
Bantu + some German
18
Mansa Musa brought scholars and Islamic teachers to what city to make it a center of learning?
Timbuktu
Axumtropolis
Meroe
Casablanca
19
The largest African kingdom was Mali
True
False
20
The practices of allowing animals to overgraze grasses have caused
desalination
coastal pollution
desertification
acid rain
