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Ch. 8 Quiz Questions: African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam
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The Sudanic states were made homogenous by Islam adopting rulers
True
False
2
Where was the impact of Islam most profound?
Madagascar
Sahara
Southern tip of Africa
Sudan and Swahili coast
3
What significance do griots have?
Historians who advised the king and kept traditions
Descendants of the Lion Prince
Foreigners from the north
Started the empire of Mali
4
In Muslim society, slavery was viewed as a stage of conversion of pagans to Islam
False
True
5
Who was the "Lion Prince?"
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Sundiata
Askia Muhammad
6
What is the Sahara?
A point of exchangement
A huge desert mainly used for leisure
A huge desert stretching across Northern Africa
A very important place
7
What is the Sahel
A point where exchange could be made
An empire
An African form of government
Grassland belt at the end of the Sahara
8
The Bantu language speakers influenced the spread of nonAfrican values by using culture
False, The Sahel
True
9
Why was Islam so readily adopted by rulers within the Sudan?
They provided structure
Muslims would easily give anything to them
It mostly taught about equality amongst the people
The Muslim concept of a ruler reinforced idea of kinship
10
How did the expansion of Islam help with the creation of international trade on E African coast
Merchants established banking houses
Islam expanded to India & SE Asia & created a religious bond
Connection permitted urbanized ports trade with N Europe
Muslim merchants traded wuth Christianized ports
11
What role did the Bantu play in urbanize game trading ports in East Africa?
The introduction of migrating to new places
More products of trade with China and Europe
The development of the Swahili language
Techniques that could be used for farming
12
Why the impact of Islam so profound on the Sudan/Swahili coast?
There were mostly trading cities and ports
The Sudanic states with Muslim rulers wanted more believers
It contained a majority of Muslims who decided to share
Christians were banned from/not tolerated there
13
What did the Swahili language consist of?
Bantu-languag contain a large number of Arabic words
Completely Arabic
A secret code
African language that started to mold into Arabic
14
How did the contact with the Muslim world impact the African slave trade
Slavery ended
Only certain Muslim cities had slaves
Slavery became a widely diffused phenom
Slavery was not tolerated
15
Why was Islam so readily adopted by rulers within the Sudan?
They provided structure
Muslims would easily give anything to them
The Muslim concept of a ruler reinforced idea of kinship
It mostly taught about equality amongst the people
16
Many African societies unaffected by either Christianity or Islam developed without...
Monumental architecture
Systems of government
Systems of writing
Borders
17
What was the nature of East African trade?
East Africa ONLY traded with African societies
East Africa only trade amongst themselves
East Africa did not trade
International trade flourished
18
What was the most common cultural trait of urbanized trading ports of the East African coast?
A single ruling family from the Manlinke
Bantu-based & Arabic influenced Swahili language
Membership in Soninke tribe
Artistic style of Nok culture
19
What was he cause for the fall of the Songhay?
Muslim armywho came across the Sahara
Past rulers who wanted to change the new rules
Christian missionaries
Starvation
20
Who was Muhammad the Great?
Mythical Christian leader that can help them find themselves
A descendant of Muhammad the Prophet
An African traveler
an emperor, military commander, and political reformer
21
Mansa Musa was credited with creating the Mali Empire
True
False
22
Who did East Africa mainly trade with and what?
The minority of Christans for a better belief system
Mongolia for warrior slaves
China for silk and porcelain
Mediterranean for food
23
What were the factors that led up to the frequency and intensity of contacts in the sub Sahara?
Trade with other regions
The arrival of Islam
The arrival of Christianity
Animistic religion
24
What was the nature of African art?
Made from bronze & terra-cotta, realistic
Colorful and Bright
Detailed
Chiseled Stone
25
African societies organized around kinship & lacking concentration of political powers were...
Stateless
Pastoral groupings
Bantu-conical clans
Islamic tribes
