Chapters 8 and 15: Ancient Africa

What caused the Bantus to migrate so often?

Which trade good was most important in Eastern and Southern Africa?

What creature prevented agricultural advancements and trade in Africa?

Which area of Africa has the rockiest soil?

From where did Christianity spread to Aksum?

What religion did Syrian merchants share with the Aksumites?

What is the CURRENT state of hunter-gatherer societies in Africa?

Which of the following had the greatest effect on the growth of Islam in Africa?

Which of the following societies is more common?

Which of the following West African kingdoms was the largest?

Which of the following is NOT a problem of tribalism today?

Aksum became a Christian state under which King?

What word describes a tribe whose lineage depends on the father's family?

Where was Aksum located?

All of the following were done by African Muslim rulers EXCEPT:

What caused trade across the Sahara to be infrequent?

What did Mansa Musa do to govern his far-reaching empire?

What good was taxed by Ghana that made it so rich?

From where did West African salt come?

Which area of Africa is the least fertile?

Which of the following was an Aksumite innovation?

What was the official religion of Aksum under the rule of Ezana?

How did Ezana expand Aksum?

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Bantus?

What were griots?

Scarification shows:

Which trade good was synonymous with Aksum?

Which climate of Africa produces the most crops?

What is the savanna?

What animal did the Berbers begin raising for use in trade in the desert because of its stamina?

Since few African societies had written language, who helped history alive?

Groups that grow up together commonly identify as members of the same:

In the late 1200s, Kilwa seized the port of Sofala, a trading center known for:

What is the name of an Animist mediator who communicates between the spirit and natural worlds?

Swahili is a mixture of Bantu language and:

Which empire controlled the gold-salt trade earliest?

The process of the degeneration of soil is called:

Who was Mali's second "great leader"?

What is characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies?

Many African societies organized into groups based on:

What was the Middle Passage?

Who was Mali's first great leader?

Which of the following is included in your nuclear family?

How did Aksum fall?

From where did the Bantus originate?

Which was the only ancient African kingdom known to develop a written language?

Which of the following is NOT considered extended family?

How did Ghana grow rich?

Who created terrace farming?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Animism?

What is the most basic family unit in traditional African society?

What is a lineage?

Which of the following is NOT typically one of the main ways an African finds their identity?

Which of these African groups practiced slash-and-burn farming?

Where do most African settlements exist?

Which of the following were common trade items by Aksumite traders?