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How long is the Congo Basin
Africa Final-Kern period 2
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1
How long is the Congo Basin
1,330,000 miles long
1,345,675
1,444,000 miles long
5,000,405 miles long
2
The Serengeti Plains runs from
West Kenya to Lake Victoria
North central tanzania to Lake Victoria
North central tanzania to Nirobi
3
Most slaves died on their ship as they were on their way to be sold
False
True
4
When did Mansa Musa take a pilgrimage to Mecca
2313
1274
1432
1324
5
Africa is...
3 USAs could fit in Africa
2nd largest continent
Equator goes through middle
All of the above
6
What is the 4th step of "silent trade"...
Sailors return. If they think the swap is fair, they take the gold and go
African traders return, if they think swap is fair, they take gold and go
Merchants return. If they think the swap is fair, they take the gold and go
Cowboys return. If they think the swap is fair, they take the gold and go
7
men would work for hours on end to cut what from ancient sea beds
gold nuggets
gold dust
salt slabs
salt crystals
8
The Congo Basin is the largest river basin in world
True
False
9
African History was first written in European languages during the late what
1700s
1600s
1800s
1900s
10
What are Griots or Griottes
Keepers of secret to the lost city
Keepers of famous artifacts
Keepers of African History
Keepers of European History
11
The Serengeti Plains have good grasslands
True
False
12
Ghana restricted trade to gold nuggets only
True
False
13
The Indian ocean is the what largest ocean in the world east of Africa
the fifth largest
The fourth largest
the second largest
The third largest
14
How long is the Nile River
1200 miles
4160 miles
2050 feet
4530 miles
15
Silent trade allowed people that did not what to trade
speak the same lanuage
play the same instruments
eat the same food
have the same culture
16
Griots were both what and what
Feared and Cherished
Respected and Cherished
Feared and Respected
Feared and Hated
17
Once the salt has been cut from the mine, slabs were loaded onto what
cargo boats
horse back
camel caravans.
18
The discovery of salt quickly led to the creation of what
Trans-Sahara trade route
the water trade route
Ghanda Trade Route
19
Ghana controlled the trade route between the salt mines and gold mines.
False
True
20
Training comes from within the family unit
False
True
21
The Serengeti Plains have a national park(animal refuge) with 477 species of animals
False
True
22
How many miles east to the shores of Lake Victoria do the Serengeti Plains run
1435 miles
1000 miles
50 miles
100 miles
23
the Trans-Sahara trade route connects which two places?
Europe and Asia
Africa and Europe
Africa and Russia
Africa and Asia
24
The Congo Basin is an extensive rainforest and is surrounded by mountains
True
False
25
What three things are true about Lake Victoria
It's the largest lake in Africa, and it's mainly in Uganda+Tanzania
It's the largest lake in Africa, and it's mainly in Djibouti+Porto Novo,
It's the largest lake in the world, and it's mainly in Uganda+Tanzania
26
The people of the Ancient west African civilization found between the Niger and Senegal Rivers and the Sahara and Sahel
Sonike
Ghandas
Africans
Sonard
27
The White Nile runs from the source of Lake Tana through center of the Plateau(of the Ethiopian Highlands).
True
False
28
The Niger River has the largest what
coast
river bank
delta
shore
29
Slave trade that would grow into the millions
False
True
30
Kalahari Desert is
the largest in the western world
the largest desert in Europe
The largest desert in the world
The largest desert in South Africa
31
In silent trading what three places do people meet in to trade
oasis, desert canteens, camel lodges
oasis, open air markets, or trading points set up along rivers
open air markets, oasis, and desert canteens
32
The earliest traders in Africa used what method of trading
silent trade
loud trade
normal trading
33
What are the two peaks of 2 peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro
Kibo=19340ft Mawenzi=17564ft
Kiba=19450ft Mameca=16400ft
Kibo=1900ft Mawenzi=17500ft
Matwenzi=4000ft there is no second peak
34
In the later what, Europeans arrived in America.
1500s
1400s
1700s
1300s
35
Griots could do what(or at least said to)
Sing you praise to the gods
Sing your doom to your ancestors
Sing your praise and doom all in one breath
Sing to your ancestors and the gods
36
Both boys and girls learn from their what
griot uncles
farmer uncles
griot parents
farmer parents
37
When the Europeans arrived in America what did they set up/grow
Rice, tobbacco, and beer
sugar, plantains, cotton, grapes
watermelon, salt, spices, herbs
sugar plantations, cotton, rice and tobacco
38
Griots are...
Genealogists and Advisers of Nobility
Messengers and Praise Singers
Entertainers and Historians
All of the above
39
Before someon becomes a griot they must?
Go into an apprenticeship with a master griot
Go into an apprenticeship with a master parent
Go into an apprenticeship with a master knight
Go into an apprenticeship with a master farmer
40
The Mediterranean is the world's largest sea
True
False
41
Ghanda and other West African Kingdoms soon became collectively known as what.
the silver coast
the gold coast
the salt coast
the sunset coast
42
What things(two answers) are true about the Great Rift Valley(Geological fault system)
From 1300 ft below sea level to 6000 ft above
Cliffs can be several thousand feet high
it was formed by earthquakes
It's boardered by plains
43
The gold and salt mines lay beyond the boarders of the Ghanada empire.
False
True
44
Which is not true about the Congo River
Parts of it are 4-10 miles wide, there are
Islands + sandbars, and it
It's located in North Africa
Empties into atlantic ocean
45
Ghana’s people used what to subdue their neighbors and desert tribes who tried to fight against
cross bows
gold tipped spears
iron tipped spears
swords
46
How many strings does a Kara have
32
5
21
12
47
What was the first, large empire to rise from trading wealth in africa
Nairobi
Bamako
Ghana
Antananarivo
48
If the merchants had taken the gold(accepting the trade), the West African traders would do what?
The West African traders wouldn't do anything
The West African traders would leave more gold
The West African traders would take the goods they had offered for.
49
As more traders braved the trans-Sahara trade route the Kingdom of Ghanda florished
False
True
50
Traders did not argue the what because Ghana made iron weapons and had a HUGE army
the iron tax
The traders' tax
the governer's tax
the gold tax
51
The Ethiopian Highlands are located where on the map of Africa
North Africa
Near the horn of east Africa
The very south Africa
the tip of west Africa
52
How where the Ethiopian Highlands formed
They were formed from earthquakes
They were formed by a river
They are Volcanic formations cute by deep valleys
53
What did the merchants do if they thought what the traders had offered wasn't good
They would leave the silver, and bang the drums again.
They would leave the gold, and bang the drums again.
They would tell the traders that it wasn't a good offer
They would take it anyway
54
What year did Mansa Sundiata start his rule in
1235AD
1465AD
2099AD
1600AD
55
The Nile River runs from..
Western Africa to the East horn
The Atlantic Ocean to Southern Africa
Central Africa to Mediterranean Sea
56
There is no set fee for Griots, they never know what they will get. What are some examples of things they get?
Coins, diseases, flower crowns
Pies, gold nuggets, goats
Coins, blankets, salts, or even goats.
clock, wood, paper money
57
Only the king had gold nuggets; otherwise gold would lose all value.
True
False
58
West Africans want to please their gods so to ensure survival and the animals’ ability to thrive for future generations
False
True
59
Mansa Musa was the 11th emperor of Mali
False
True
60
The first step of silent trade is...
Desert traders bring goods they went to trade to a desert oases
Desert traders bring goods they went to trade to desert temples
Desert traders bring goods they want to trade to desert oases
Desert traders bring goods they went to trade to Ghana
61
While he tolerated other religions, Mansa Musa was a devout what
Muslim
Islam
Mormon
Christian
62
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest/talles mountain in Africa
True
False
63
Lake Victoria(which is freshwater) is a resevior of what river
Nile River
Orange River
Congo River
Niger River
64
The Atlas Mounatians are a system of mounatin ranges
False
True
65
What is the Capital of Mali
Niani
Ghana
Ghanada
Egypt
66
most traders in Ghana were Cathlic
False
True
67
Where is Mount Kilimanjaro located
Tanzania
Bejing
Antananarivo
Paris
68
After every exchange in "silent trading", except for the last, what does each party do to signal the other?
Play the trading guitar
Braid someone's hair
Yell at the merchant
Beat the trading drums
69
What is the second step of "silent trade"
Traders lay out goods, beat drums to call south African traders, then leave
Traders lay out goods, beat drums to call east African traders, then leave.
Traders lay out goods, beat drums to call west African traders, then leave.
They lay out goods, beat drums to call north African traders, then leave.
70
Where are the Atlas mounatins located
Northeast Africa
Southwest Africa
Southeast Africa
Northwest Africa
71
The Sahel is/does not...
Separate the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south
in south Africa
4–8 inches of rain/year
Belt of land
72
What did not happen because of Mansa Musa
He awakened the world to stupendous wealth of Mali
Africa was finally written on the Eurpean maps of the Middle Ages
Gold nuggets were finally allowed in trade
Mansa Musa brought the Arab Culture/learnings back with him from Mecca
73
What is the 2nd part of the 3rd step of "silent trade"
Asian traders put gold next to goods they want, beat the drums, and leave
European traders put gold next to goods they want, beat the drums and leave
African traders put gold next to goods they want, beat the drums, and leave
African traders put gold next to goods they want, play the bongos and leave
74
What is the longest river in Africa
Congo River
Nile River
Zaire River
The Limpopo River
75
Which one of these statments is false about the Atlantic Ocea
It has the second largest drainage area
It's the second-Largest Ocean in the world (West of Africa)
Its first principle arm: Mediterranean Sea
Its second principle arm: Gulf of Guinea
76
If the merchants had not taken the gold(declining the trade), the West African traders would do what?
The West African traders do nothing
The West African traders decide if they will give more gold(for the item).
The West African traders add more gold(for the item).
77
During his 30-year reign Mansa Musa did what to Mali's trade and territory
He tripled Mali’s territory and doubled its trade
He doubled Mali’s territory and tripled its trade
He tripled Mali’s territory and tripled its trade
He doubled Mali’s territory and doubled its trade
78
What is grown on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
grapes and spinach
coffee and plantains
plums and vanilla
bananas and chocolate
79
What is the first part of the 3rd step of "silent trade"...
West African traders decide how much gold they want to give for the goods
East African traders decide how much gold they want to give for the goods
North African traders decide how much gold they want to give for the goods
South African traders decide how much gold they want to give for the goods
80
Enslaved people were brought from Africa across the what to work the fields.
Indian Ocean
Meditteranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
The Red Sea
81
Mansa Musa was the Greastest Ruler of Mali: When was he in power?
1307-1337
1400-1404
1235-1265
1337-1400
82
The Ghanaden people respected their elders and prayed that their friends would influence the gods in their favor.
True
False
83
Men journeyed for months on what in order to cross the sands of the sahara to mine these minute crystals of wealth.
Camel Caravans
Buggy Caravans
Horse
Carriage Caravans
84
What is another name for the Congo River is
Lake Nile
Ghana River
Blue Nile
Zaire River
85
River systems were VIP for the Ghana empire because their economy was based on trade.
False
True
86
What years did the Ghanda Empire start and end
400AD-1000AD
300AD-1100AD
300AD-800AD
400AD-1100AD
87
The Niger rive is how many miles long
6000 feet
1000 feet
1400 miles
2600 miles
88
Ghanda and other West African empires always owned gold and salt mines.
False
True
89
The Mediterranean Sea is/does not
It's located below Africa
Separates Africa and Europe
Cover 965,000 sq miles
Hosts 400 species of different animals(fish, coral, sponges, etc.)
