African Civilizations 7th Grade

Question 1

A group of people believed many African groups to be able to tell the future

Accepted Answer

diviners, Mr. Roderick's Army

Question 2

What were two main natural resources responsible for the growth of African Kingdom & culture

Accepted Answer

gold and salt

Question 3

Mansa Musa traveled with 80 camels and two tons of gold to?

Accepted Answer

Makkah

Question 4

How did Mansa Musa help spread Islam in West Aftrica

Accepted Answer

he brought Muslim scholars back to Africa, He got the all powerful Mr Roderick to enforce the religion

Question 5

Songs sung by enslaved Africans?

Accepted Answer

Connected them to their homeland

Question 6

Mansa Musa of Mali?

Accepted Answer

Allowed different religions

Question 7

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

Accepted Answer

Farming & Iron working

Question 8

In early Africa, most villagers were?

Accepted Answer

Farmers

Question 9

What did Sundiata do to the people of Mali?

Accepted Answer

United

Question 10

Education in African villages was carried out by the family and

Accepted Answer

other villagers, Mr. Roderick is bomb diggy for sure

Question 11

Name the three major empires of Africa

Accepted Answer

Ghana Mali and Songhai

Question 12

Another name for an african story teller

Accepted Answer

griot

Question 13

What event caused the increase of enslaved African's?

Accepted Answer

African slave trade, Contact with Muslims

Question 14

The Swahili culture was?

Accepted Answer

Influenced in part by islam

Question 15

What major crop did the Portuguese produce using enslaved people from Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sugarcane

Question 16

What allowed Portugal to become the worlds major supplier of sugar?

Accepted Answer

They used enslaved Africans

Question 17

Powerful African states such as Ghana and Mali had strong central governments

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

stories told out loud and passed down from generation to generation

Accepted Answer

oral history, Mr. Roderick's Fables

Question 19

Which of the following was an early Africa art form?

Accepted Answer

Carved wooden face masks

Question 20

Ghana grew powerful because it

Accepted Answer

taxed traders and had a big army

Question 21

Slave trade increased as Africa's contact with whom increased?

Accepted Answer

Muslims

Question 22

What animal did the Romans introduce in North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Camels

Questions 22