A coming of age ceremony is

when a culture considers someone an adult

the indigenous people of north Africa

In Western Africa, the next ruler was

the son of the king's oldest sister

Silent Barter was a system

where people sold things without meeting

Break the rules, teach lessons and sometimes help humans

three or more drums played at once

trickster god who could take the form of a spider or a man

To summarize the trans-Saharan trade,

salt moved south, gold moved north

According to animists, where do spirits live?

In trees, rocks, animals, rivers, the wind and weapons of kings

Mansa Musa contributed to the culture of Mali by

founding a university and building many mosques

West Africans believe that when a person wears an mask

the spirit possesses the wearer

a Muslim scholar who traveled to Africa, Europe and Asia

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1
A coming of age ceremony is
when a culture allows someone to vote
when a culture considers someone an adult
when a student culminates from 8th grade
when a culture considers someone a child
2
Berbers are
people who lived in western Africa
people who lived in Ghana
the indigenous people of north Africa
shamans of the Songhai people
3
He founded the Empire of Mali
Sundiata Keita
Mansa Musa
Septimius Severus
Ibn Battuta
4
What were the two major trade goods exchanged in Timbuktu?
Ivory and silver
Salt and iron
Gold and salt
Silver and gold
5
Ibn Battuta made a living working as a
judge
writer
artist
soldier
6
West African history was told
By books
Orally
With pictures
By hieroglyphs
7
These animals allowed traders to more easily cross the Sahara
Camels
Mules
Horses
Donkeys
8
What genres of music can be traced to west Africa?
rap, rock
K-pop, opera
death metal, country
classical music, pop
9
She led a rebellion against Arab invaders
Queen Kahina
Kim Kardashian
Wu Zetian
Jasmine
10
This city was a center of learning
Alexandria
Mecca
Timbuktu
Cairo
11
Tribute is a
gift to show bravery
gift to show respect
gift to display wealth
gift to show affection
12
He led a fleet to investigate the Amazon River
Sundiata Keita
Abubakari II
Mansa Musa
King Ezana
13
In Western Africa, the next ruler was
the son of the king's oldest sister
the son of the king's oldest brother
the king's youngest cousin
the king's son
14
This ruler brought Muslim scholars to Timbuktu
Ibn Battuta
An Lushan
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
15
Berbers live in
the Maghreb
southern Africa
east Africa
western Asia
16
Lame Boy
was the son of Mansa Musa
was the first rapper
was the nephew of Mansa Musa
Stole fire from the gods
17
The people of Ghana practiced this religion before they converted to Islam
Christianity
Roman State Religion
Animism
Daoism
18
Almohads believed Christians and Jews had to
convert to Islam or die
pay the jizya
speak quietly
be nice
19
Which African religion has priestesses?
Almohad School of Islam
Ethiopian Christianity
Coptic Christianity
Vodon
20
When Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca he saw himself as a
scholar
fierce warrior
pilgrim
cruel ruler
21
Kente cloth was
fabric worn by Almoravids
fabric worn by the Egyptians
fabric worn by merchants
fabric only worn by royalty
22
This land broke free from Egypt and became the kingdom of Kush
Sogdia
Nubia
Spain
Ghana
23
Slabs of this material were mined in the Sahara desert
salt
gold
Vibranium
iron
24
Silent Barter was a system
where people sold things without meeting
where deaf people sold goods
where mute people sold goods
where people sold things silently at the market
25
The sky god of the Ashanti
Tengri
Jupiter
Nyame
Odin
26
The river used by traders in west Africa is
the Zambezi
the Niger
the Nile
the Congo
27
Trickster gods
Punish humans
Save humans when they are in trouble
Break the rules, teach lessons and sometimes help humans
Are always evil
28
Berbers call themselves
Egyptians
Arabs
Romans
Amazigh
29
This ruler of Axum conquered Kush
King Ezana
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta
Sundiata Keita
30
Soumaoro Kanté (the Sorcerer King) was defeated by
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Anansi
Ibn Battuta
31
Polyrhythm means
three or more drums played at once
one drum played very fast
many string instruments played together
many wind instruments played together
32
How did Islam first spread to west Africa?
by Berber merchants
by conquest
Mansa Musa converted them
by missionaries
33
This instrument
piano
harmonica
kalimba
harpsichord
34
Mansa Musa caused the value of gold to drop in Egypt because
He bought so many textiles
He gave so much of it away
He built so many mosques
He bought so much salt
35
The capital of the Kingdom of Mali was
Carthage
Timbuktu
Alexandria
Djenne-Djenno
36
Anansi and the Turtle is a
a fable
an epic
a secondary source
a true story
37
The mosque of Djenne is made of
mud bricks
plaster
wattle and daub
stone
38
Ibn Battuta married
thirty-four times
at least ten times
five times
once
39
A Griot is a
a noble
story teller
an elite warrior
a shaman
40
Which people in the Kingdom of Ghana were the first to convert to Islam?
merchants
griots
the rulers
soldiers
41
Anansi was a
king of Ghana
king of Mali
leader of the Almoravids who sacked Ghana
trickster god who could take the form of a spider or a man
42
To summarize the trans-Saharan trade,
gold moved south, salt moved north
Both gold and salt were mined in the Sahara
gold moved east, salt to the west
salt moved south, gold moved north
43
According to animists, where do spirits live?
In trees, rocks, animals, rivers, the wind and weapons of kings
in animals and plants
only in vertebrates
Only in objects
44
Mansa Musa contributed to the culture of Mali by
writing many books
founding a university and building many mosques
building a grand theater
hiring the best teachers
45
What grains were raised by West African farmers?
wheat and rye
rice and wheat
sorghum and millet
wild rice and barley
46
In order
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Mali, Ghana, Songhai
Songhai, Mali, Tang Dynasty
Songhai, Mali, Ghana
47
Ibn Battuta did not like China because
he did not like the food
of the polytheist religion
he could not understand the Chinese language
he could not use chopsticks
48
Where were the Almoravids from?
South Africa
East Africa
The Savanna
North Africa
49
The ruler of this kingdom converted to Christianity in 333 CE
Aksum (Ethiopia)
Eritrea
Egypt
Kenya
50
West Africans believe that when a person wears an mask
the wearer becomes a demon
a demon possesses the wearer
the wearer dies
the spirit possesses the wearer
51
Ibn Battuta was
the King of the Sosso
a Muslim scholar who traveled to Africa, Europe and Asia
the leader of the Almoravids
a king of Mali
52
Matrilineal means
men could not be king
you trace your ancestry through the mother
only women rule
you trace your ancestry through the father
53
The area between the Sahara and the savanna
The Sahel
the Ethiopian Highlands
the Medterranean
the salt flats
54
Terra cotta is
baked mud
soft carved rock
special sauce
baked clay
55
Who conquered the Kingdom of Mali?
the Songhai
the Almoravids
the Sosso
the Mongols
56
The first West African culture to use iron
Axum
Wakanda
Nok culture
Kush

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