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World History- Africa Review 2024
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A guide to world history florida standards for the africa unit
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1
Why did Ghana, Mali, and Songhai fall? LG 8
European invaders
weak leadership and wars
lack of gold
natural disasters
2
How did the Swahili city-states become trading centers w/in the Indian Ocean trade network?LG7
turned inland to obtain valuable trade products like ivory.
rationing
piracy
They controlled prices to obtain exclusive trading rights
3
The Swahili city-states in East Africa developed a culture and language with __________ influences. LG 7
Indian
Arabic
Chinese
Portuguese
4
which is true? LG 2
Portuguese established new trade for East & West Africa
gold salt trade flourisehd between Mali & Songhai & Mali taxed traders
gold salt trade flourisehd between Ghana & Arabia & Ghana taxed traders
Battle of Tondibi opened trade for gold
5
_______was the greatest ruler of Mali. He converted to Islam. (LG 3)
Ibn Battuta
Sundiata
Abu Bakr
Mansa Musa
6
What is Swahili based on? LG 7
Bantu and Arabic
Afrikans language
Portuguese language
Chinese and Mandarin
7
Why were East African coastal states economically successful during the tenth century? LG 7
they were able to profit from selling slaves to the Portuguese
They were located near active Indian Ocean trade routes
they were involved in a growing trade with the Americas.
They were located along the Trans-Saharan trade
8
Who traded gold for salt? LG 1 & 4
East & West
South and East
North & South
West and North
9
Mali took over the ______ from Ghana but also _______themselves and grew very rich. (LG 4)
rule, grew in power
empire, taxed
gold trade, mined gold
throne, ruled
10
Name the first and the greatest rulers of Mali? (LG 3)
Sunni Ali, Mansa Musa
Sundiata, Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta, Sundiata
Sundiata, Sunni Ali
11
Ghana and Zimbabwe both: ( LG 7)
overthrew Timbuktu
overthrew Mali
ended by 15th century
traded salt for gold
12
Nubia was a center of (LG1)
trade
education
entertainment
arts
13
Why is the Sankore University so important? LG 6
It is
It is an educational center.
It is of the oldest Islamic universities based in Timbuktu.
It is one of the oldest universitites
14
What was the common type of religion in Africa? (LG 2)
Christanity
Islam
Hinduism
Ancestral Worship
15
LG 8: what caused the fall of the Ghana Empire in the mid-1200s?
. Ghanaian kings listened to corrupt advisors and made bad decisions
Muslim raiders wanted converts and control of the trade routes.
16
What was were the internal reasons for Ghana's fall? (LG 8)
weak military, droughts
droughts, wars
traders sought different routes to avoid taxes, succession disputes
political struggle, wars
17
storytellers in African history are called____ (LG 2)
bedouins
griots
ancestralists
sufis
18
LG 2: How did Ghana use the gold-salt trade to increase its economic wealth
Ghana banned foreign competition from creating trade routes
Ghana annexed neighboring kingdoms to gain economic power
Ghana taxed traders entering and leaving the kingdom
. Ghana raided caravans entering the kingdom
19
Succession dispute led to civil war, then one of its provinces, Songhai took over (LG 8)
Mali
Ghana
Egypt
Nubia
20
How did Ghana become very rich? LG 1-2
ivory, salt mines, democracy
tolls, trade route center, gold mines
gold mines
21
What the dominate trade for Ghana? (LG 2)
Cowries
Gold and Silver
Farming
Salt and Gold
22
What happens when an area has a surplus?
they waste a lot
they trade to get what they need
they try to use it for other things
23
LG 3: How did Mansa Musa make the Mali Empire legendary in Europe and the Islamic world?
by displaying his great wealth during his pilgrimage to Mecca
by being the first Mali king to encourage the teaching of Islam
by being the first Mali king to defeat the leader of the Soso
24
Ghana's taxation system: traded a lot and charged taxes on __________ (LG 2)
all goods
silver and gold
tolls only
gold and salt
25
__________is the traditional founder of the Empire of Mali. (LG 3)
Abu Bakr
Sundiata
Ibn Battuta
Mansa Musa
26
What African King gave away so much gold on his journey to Mecca? LG 3
The Lion King
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Sunni Ali
27
Where was gold most traded? LG 1
north
south
west
east
28
What was an
external
reason for the fall of the West African empires? LG 8
Jealous neighbors invade
drought caused crop failures
taxes were too high and traders left
29
Succession dispute led to civil war, then one of its provinces, Songhai took over (LG 8)
Mali
Nubia
Egypt
Ghana
30
Who recorded many facts about the travels that historians still use today______ LG 3
griots
Sunnia Ali
Sundiata
Ibn Batutta
31
What led to the fall of the Songhai Empire in the 16th century? LG 8
trade declined
inflation & economic stagnation
Moroccan invasion
Ghana invades
32
What is it called when the inheritances comes from mother's side? (LG 2 )
matrilineal inheritance
patrilineal inheritance
lineage
ancestral worship
33
Bantu spread: ( LG 7)
culture, language, farming
disease and war
