World History, Chapter 7 Review

Most African women did all of the following EXCEPT

The _______ conquered Egypt in 750 B.C.

__________ were crucial to trade across the Sahara.

True / False: Songhai was invaded by forces of the sultan of Cairo.

united the people of Mali

True / False: Swahili was a mixture of Bantu and Indian.

The Bantu communities were based on

The African tsetse fly causes what sickness?

Farming peoples who spoke dialects of the ____ family of languages moved into East Africa.

societies in which descent is traced through the father, not the mother

In Muslim societies in Southwest _______, slaves might at some point win their freedom.

True / False: The Great Rift Valley is in the Congo Basin.

________ was the first trading state in West Africa.

an export of Axum

Which is a group of villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head?

Competition for this resource caused Axum to conquer Kush.

The area of Africa that juts into the Atlantic Ocean is the

ruler who conquered Kush

The earliest forms of art in Africa were _____________

All members of a lineage group claimed descent from

______________ was the wealthiest and most powerful state in South Africa.

Mali was established in the mid-thirteenth century by

Slaves included all of the following EXCEPT

Kush declined because of the rise of

Wood carvings often represented

King Ezana converted to

This high-yield crop was grown for food by the migrating Bantus.

The _________spread iron-smelting techniques across Africa.

relatively high, flat land areas

All of the following are eastern African port cities EXCEPT

Which of the following is the largest desert on Earth?

Africa's culture of paintings, carvings, sculptures, music and dance served ________ purposes.

After ____, Africa is the largest of the continents.

The Songhai Empire reached the height of its power during the reign of ___________.

people in Ghana who worshipped Nyame and a group of lesser gods

True / False. The city of Meroë had abundant iron ore resources.

Islam was slow to spread in East Africa because

The Songhai Empire reached the height of its power during his reign.

Mali built its wealth and power through the trade of

Under whose reign did Songhai become the largest empire in African history?

The Nok culture is the oldest known West African culture to have created ____________.

A special class of ____ believed they had the power to foretell events.

The Berber camel caravans became known as the

a fragrant tree resin

second largest desert in Africa

The Swahili language arose as due to ______ between people from Arab lands and the Bantu people

True / False: Ghanaians traded salt in exchange for gold.

The official religion of Axum by around A.D. 300 was

broad grasslands in Africa

Islamic culture was spread in Mali by

Music and storytelling were

The Kushites traded iron products, ivory, gold, ebony, and slaves to the Roman Empire for

Many African societies were matrilineal, meaning

nomadic Sahara traders

last powerful ruler of Mali

What language was spoken in Kilwa, Mombasa, and Mogadishu?

Swahili

_________ made a pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca) during his reign.

highly desired trade item for Ghanaians

The African rain forest is home to

Axum was founded by

emerged as an independent trading state that combined Arab and African cultures

About 40 percent of Africa’s land area is covered by

Axum owed much of its prosperity to

growing just enough food for personal use

A word meaning “king”

What are Africa’s four distinct climate zones?

The people of Ghana often traded their gold for

Ancestors were a key element in African religion because

Most African societies believed in which of the following?

meeting with the king

Altogether, deserts cover about ____ percent of Africa.

Which ruler transformed Timbuktu into a center of Islamic learning and culture?

Weapons made from this material were superior in early Africa.

The walls of the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe are thick. What was the purpose of it?