Chapter 9 African Civilizations

Question 1

Their invasion brought down the Songhai empire

Accepted Answer

Morrocans

Question 2

What desert lies in the southern part of the continent of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Kalahari Desert

Question 3

Name the body of water that lies north east of the Arabian peninsula.

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Question 4

Name the desert that takes up the majority of Northern Africa

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 5

What two events caused an increase of enslaved Africans?

Accepted Answer

Arrival of Europeans and increase of Muslims

Question 6

What is the name of the island that lies southeast of the continent of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Madagascar

Question 7

How far did the gold, traded in West Africa, reach?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 8

Mansa Musa was the leader of what West African empire?

Accepted Answer

Mali

Question 9

Name the desert that takes up the majority of Northern Africa

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 10

How many climate zones are in the continent of Africa?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 11

Which of the 4 climate zones is missing; desert, savanna, rainforest,

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean

Question 12

In what order did the west African empires emerge?

Accepted Answer

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Question 13

What animal greatly changed trade in Africa?

Accepted Answer

camel

Question 14

What is the longest river in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 15

In the reading, who is quoted?

Accepted Answer

Elijah

Question 16

This place has some of the earliest human fossils

Accepted Answer

Great Rift Valley

Question 17

Are there more Christians or Muslims in Africa, according to our text?

Accepted Answer

Christians

Question 18

A cloth whose name comes from an African word meaning basket

Accepted Answer

Kente

Question 19

Whom did the kings of Mali put in charge of provinces?

Accepted Answer

generals

Question 20

How was Islam introduced to the west Africans?

Accepted Answer

trade

Question 21

Using the map, name the body of water between Arabia and north eastern Africa

Accepted Answer

Red Sea

Question 22

Name two things Mansa Musa did in Mali

Accepted Answer

built schools, mosques and brought scholars into the empire

Question 23

Which country became the world's largest supplier of sugarcane due to new land and slave labor?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 24

The largest trading center in West Africa by 250b.c.

Accepted Answer

Djenne-jeno

Chapter 9 African Civilizations

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Chapter 9 African Civilizations

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