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1
What was one of many trading cities along the
coast
of East Africa?
Mansa Musa
Kilwa
Aksum
India
2
Who was the king of Aksum in the A.D. 300s?
Mansa Musa
Tutankhaten
King Ezana
Ibn Battutah
3
What language did Swahili borrow words from?
They didn't borrow from any language
Arabic
English
Russian
4
How long did Aksum keep control of the major trade routes linking Africa with Europe & Asia?
It never kept control
A few years
Several hundred years
Several thousand years
5
Who was the powerful king of Mali?
Mecca
Mansa Musa
Mickey Mouse
Musa Mansa
6
What does the name Bantu mean?
The leader of Benin
It means Bantu! There is no meaning
Both large group
Describes both large groups of Africans
7
Who was Ibn Battutah?
The ruler of Kilwa
a famous Muslim traveler
The man who made America great again.
A city, not a person.
8
By about A.D. ______, Ghana was a major trading kingdom
1324
765
400
800
9
About when did the people of Ghana take control of the Sahara trade routes?
800 A.D.
1324 B.C.
400 A.D.
About 1610 years ago
10
What religion did King Ezana learn about in the A.D. 300s?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
11
Why did the Islams assault the rulers of Aksum?
To gain more territory.
For control of the Red Sea trade routes.
To increase their power
They never did
12
In the A.D. __, Muslims fought with the rulers of Aksum for control of the Red sea trade routes
300s
1300s
600s
500s
13
When did Mansa Musa become the ruler of Mali?
1324 A.D.
About 1255 A.D.
800s A.D.
1312 A.D.
14
Where is Kilwa located?
Songhai
Mali
Tanzania
Upper Niger Valley
15
What is Ghana's capital?
NIger
It didn't have a capital
Kumbi Saleh
Mansa Musa
16
Why did the kingdom of Songhai begin to lose power in the late 1500s?
The citizens began to fight among themselves.
Their trade routes had become flooded
It fell to the guns and cannons of an army in Morocco.
A sudden population spike created a scarcity of resources.
17
Ghana was just _____ of the rich gold fields.
East
South
North
West
18
The type of tools the Bantu Culture made were _________ tools
Iron
Wood
Gold
All Tools
19
What is a savanna?
a large area covered with trees and undergrowth
Areas of grassland with scattered trees and bushes
a desert stretching across most of North Africa
a city in Georgia
20
How did the Mbuti people of Africa live?
Hunting animals and gathering plants
Nobody knows
They used their tax returns
They lived mainly by farming.
21
What made the coastal city of Kilwa wealthy?
Gold
Taxes
Trade
Caravans
22
What happened when Muslims took control of Indian Ocean trade?
thelegend27
Trade centers developed along the east coast of Africa.
Kingdoms fell
Nothing ...
23
What was the first West African kingdom to be based on the wealth of the salt and gold trade?
Shangai
Mali
Ghana
Mansa Musa
24
Where is Mali centered?
Sundiata
the Upper Niger Valley
In Mali, duh.
North Africa
25
What was NOT one of the reasons that salt was very valuable in Africa?
Food flavoring
Used to maintain good health
Used to give certain drinks their taste
Meat preserver
26
What made up most of Africa's vegetation?
Tropical rainforest
Desert scrub
Mediterranean forest
Tropical savanna
27
What were the 3 Bantu-speaking people were in early times?
ALL
herders, farmers, fishers
herders, sheep, farms
fish, farm, herder
28
Who united the kingdom of Mali, and when did it happen?
Sundiata, 1255
Sundiata, 1230
Mansa Musa, 1312
The country was never united.
29
What happened after Aksum had lost power?
the Christian kings built churches and monasteries.
there GPA dropped
nothing
the religion of the region changed
30
When did families start leaving Africa?
About 48,000 months ago
2001
About 4,000 years ago.
46 B.C.
31
Where was the city of Aksum located?
Tanzania
It's not a city, it's a country.
Mali
present-day Ethiopia
32
Why did African families start moving?
Overpopulation
Nobody really knows.
Lack of food
Infertile land.
33
Today, more than 200 _________ Africans speak Batu languages.
milion
miilion
million
milllion
34
What is migration?
The powerhouse of the cell.
A large group of Africans and the languages they speak.
The movement from one region to settle in another.
What is migration?
35
What was not one of the things in Mansa Musa's caravan?
Hundreds of government soldiers
More than 60,000 people.
Llamas carrying several pounds of gold.
Thousands of slaves
36
What is in the Sahara Desert?
The Sahara its Self
Ms. Flis' Classroom
Africa
Oasis
37
How long did the powerful king of Mali, Mansa Musa, rule?
40 years
His entire life
4 years
25 years
38
______ became the leading kingdom of the West African savanna during the 1400s
The Upper Niger Valley
Ghana
Songhai
Mali
39
When did Mansa Musa's caravan arrive in Cairo, Egypt?
1324 B.C.
A.D 300s
A.D. 800
1324 A.D.
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What is a clan?
a large group of Africans & the related languages they speak
groups of families who share a common ancestor
mitochondria
people linked by similar interests and beliefs
