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Africa Test Review
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1
What are Africa's three largest religions?
Islam, indigenous religions, Judaism
Christianity, Islam, and indigenous religions
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Christianity, Daoism, Shintoism
2
What group caused the Mali empire to fall after it was already weakened internally?
West African Muslims
East African Jews
South African Christians
North African Berbers
3
What is the semidesert zone called in Africa?
Sahel
Sahara
Sara
Savannah
4
What religion overshadowed Christianity in the 600s in Africa?
Indigenous religions
Native religions
Judaism
Islam
5
How did the geography of West Africa influence the patterns of trade that developed there?
The geography didn't help to develop trade
Africans needed gold to survive
Had to trade to get what wasn't in their vegetation zone
All of these
6
What important resource can be found in North Africa that many people in West Africa wanted?
Salt
Water
Silver
Oil
7
When did the Portuguese come to Africa, causing Christianity to become popular again?
Before Muhammad's Death
1st or 2nd century
Around 1500
7th century
8
How did Christianity influence African society?
Christians brought the Black Death to Africa
Christians brought education to Africa, creating opportunity
Christians didn't influence African society
They allowed polygamy
9
What statement is not true about Mansa Musa?
Made a pilgrimage to Mecca displaying his wealth
He was the founder of Islam
Brought Mulsim architects to renovate his trade cities
He goes down in history as the richest man alive
10
Why is the Niger River so important to West African civilizations?
It creates fertile soil
It provides fish to eat
All of these
It provides transportation
11
True or False: Unlike Ghana, Mali did not build its wealth on trade, and definitely not in gold
False
True
12
What important resource can be found in the southern rainforests of West Africa?
Salt
Water
Gold
Corn
13
Who was the founder of the Mali empire?
The Wangarans
Muhammad
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
14
What does trans-Saharan trade mean?
Trade across the Sahara Desert
Trade only in the Sahara Desert
Trade around the Sahara desert through the ocean
None of these
15
What were some successes of Sundiata's Mali empire?
He took a pilgrimage to Mecca and made Mali well known
Re-established gold and salt trade, expanded trade routes
He wasn't very successful and didn't rule very long
He created the gold and salt trade
16
What are the four vegetation zones of Africa?
Chaparall, Semidesert, Savannah, Desert
Desert, Coast, Savannah, Forest
Mediterranean, Coast, Savannah, Forest
Desert, Semidesert, Savannah, Forest
17
What empire was in the same area before Mali?
Niger
Songhai
Ghana
Savannah
18
What is the name of the largest river in West Africa?
Niger River
Nile River
Mali River
Ghana River
19
What is the name of the desert that stretches across North Africa?
Savannah
Sahara
Arabian
Taklimakan
20
What does Mansa mean?
Gold
Queen
King
Salt
21
How did Islam influence African society?
Muslims forced all people to convert to Islam
Muslims brought the Black Death to Africa
Muslims had written language/brought structure to government
All of these
22
When did Islam come to Africa?
All of these are correct
Before Muhammad's death
Early 600s
7th century
23
True or False: Control of the trans-Saharan trade made Ghana wealthy and powerful.
True
False
24
How did Ghana get rich by controlling the trade in the area?
Taxed all females who wanted to buy gold
Taxed travelers who had to go through Ghana to trade
Taxed all males who wanted to buy salt
Taxed the people in Ghana every time they purchased an item
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When did Christianity come to Africa?
Early 7th century
Right before Muhammad's death
Around the 1st or 2nd century
Around the year 1500 CE
