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Medieval Africa Assessment Review (2)
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Review for the Medieval Africa unit assessment.
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1
Most of Africa is a large plateau that has few mountain ranges.
True
False
2
Which West African ruler made the journey shown on the map?
Askia Muhammad
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
Ali Ber
3
What is the bureaucracy?
A series of rulers from the same family.
System of many government officials who carry out government regulations.
The system of governing a country as a father would a child.
Formal study and learning.
4
How did Mansa Musa establish Mali as a center of Muslim culture?
He established trade links with Muslim salt merchants in North Africa.
He spent so much gold on his hajj that it weakened the economy of Egypt.
He extended Mali's territory and made Mali one of the largest empires.
He brought Muslim scholars, artists, and teachers to work in Mali.
5
The raised but flat region in the interior of Africa is...
The Rain Forest
The Desert
Valleys
A Plateau
6
What is a group of people traveling together?
Conquest
Commercial
Natural Resource
Caravan
7
What is something having to do with trade and business?
Labor Specialization
Conquest
Natural Resource
Commercial
8
What is an artisan?
Group of people descended from a common ancestor.
Skilled worker who practices a handicraft.
Group of people who share a distinct culture, language, and identity.
Fixed social class into which a person is born.
9
What is this structure called?
A Griot
A Stele
A Hajj
A Stonetown
10
Which of the following made possible the growth of the Trans-Saharan trade in western and northern Africa?
Camels
Salt Deposits
Griots
Rain Forests
11
Songhai’s laws were written in Arabic because the Qur’an was written in the same language.
True
False
12
Aksum’s importance as a trading kingdom in East Africa was MAINLY the result of its...
Wealth
Religion
Rulers
Location
13
How did Egypt’s grain surplus encourage people to become artisans?
Farmers hired craftworkers to make new agricultural tools.
Weavers and potters created containers for storing surplus crops.
Rulers used the surpluses to buy goods such as cloth, and luxury goods.
Roads needed to be built to carry surplus crops to markets.
14
What is a caste?
Skilled worker who practices a handicraft.
Fixed social class into which a person is born.
Group of people descended from a common ancestor.
Connection based on family relationships.
15
Why did West Africa’s early civilizations form near rivers?
They provided much need water in a dry environment.
They acted as the border between the Sahara and the Rain Forest.
They served as a natural barrier between Africa and the Roman Empire.
They could be used a highways of trade.
16
What is the division of jobs and skills in a society?
Conquest
Labor Specialization
Natural Resource
Caravan
17
In West African cultures, who ranked just above traders in the social structure?
Farmers
Kings and Nobles
Skilled Workers
The Emperor
18
What is paternalistic?
The system of governing a country as a father would a child.
Formal study and learning.
A series of rulers from the same family.
Upper class.
19
Islam was an important religion in the African empires of...
Aksum
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
20
Sunni Ali Ber extended the Arabic language along the Nile River.
True
False
