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