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Chapter 15 & 17.3 Ancient Africa Quiz - Periods 5&6
Chapter 15 & 17.3 Ancient Africa Quiz - Periods 5&6
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1
What was the earliest civilization in Africa?
Mali
Zimbabwe
Axum
Egypt
2
What is the mix of African and Islamic cultures in East Africa?
Zimbabwe
Oral History
Swahili
Bantu
3
What are important stories passed down verbally?
Bantu
Zimbabwe
Oral History
Swahili
4
What was very valuable, a preservative, and sometimes used as money in West Africa?
salt
silk
silver
raisins
5
Rock and Roll, Hip Hop, Jazz and the Blues were derived from African beats and styles of music.
True
False
6
Who traveled from Morocco to West Africa to see what was there?
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta
Marco Polo
Sunni Ali
7
What was the East African kingdom that had Christianity and Islam?
Zimbabwe
Songhai
Kush
Axum
8
In West Africa, when more residents converted to ____ , more people learned to speak ______.
Islam, Arabic
Confucianism, Chinese
Judaism, Hebrew
Christianity, Latin
9
What is
not
true about the European Slave Trade?
could never find way home
many worked on plantations
many taken to the Americas
could gain freedom
10
Who were the herders and warriors that lived to the north of China and became strong conquerors?
Mongols
Swahili
Berbers
Bantu
11
Who was the Mongol leader that conquered all of China and started the Yuan dynasty that lasted for 100 years?
Genghis Khan
Mansa Musa
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
12
What is made up of many generations of people in one household?
Christianity
Islam
Traditional Religions
Extended Families
13
Which statement below about African slavery is
false
?
captured in battle
used as laborers or servants
could never find way home
could gain freedom
14
What is a flat, grassy geographic region of Africa with scattered trees?
savannah
desert
Mediterranean
rainforest
15
Where did the great civilizations arise in West Africa?
Near Great Rift Valley, in south Africa
Along the Indian Ocean, in east Africa
Along the Niger River, in west Africa
In the Sahara Desert, in north Africa
16
What is the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
Kalahari
Arabia
Mojave
17
How did the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali become wealthy?
grew millet and maize
printed more money
sold camels
taxed trade
18
Who was the leader that unified the Mongols, created an army of 100,000 and conquered north China?
Genghis Khan
Mansa Musa
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
19
Who conquered Japan during ancient times?
China
Mongols
No one
Mali
20
Which African government had a monarchy with the nephew as next ruler?
Kush
Ghana
Songhai
Mali
21
What do we call a densely wooded area that gets lots of moisture?
savanna
rainforest
Mediterranean
desert
22
What was the order of West African civilizations, from first to last?
eeny, meenie, miney, moe
Songhai, Ghana, Mali
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
23
What was the first religion in ancient Africa?
Christianity
Traditional Religion
Islam
Buddhism
24
Who were the first people to survive crossing the Sahara Desert?
Bantu
Berbers
Swahili
Arabs
25
What was a major city of Mali and Songhai Empires?
Cairo
Ghana
Bantu
Timbuktu
26
Which African government had the National Honor of the Trousers?
Mali
Ghana
Kush
Songhai
27
What was the main reason for the growth of Ghana and Mali?
their location by the ocean
location in the center of the gold for salt trade routes
their location on the savannah
their location in the rainforest
28
Who were the people that migrated out of central Africa, 220 million speak those languages today?
Swahili
Oral History
Bantu
Berbers
29
Who was the King from Mali that pilgrimaged to Mecca and introduced Arabic culture to West Africa?
Sundiata
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Askia Muhammad
30
Who was the Italian that visited China for 16 years when the Mongols ruled?
Marco Polo
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta
Genghis Khan
