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Ethiopian Christians were largely separated from other Christians until they encountered Portuguese traders during the
16th century
Camels increasingly replaced horses and donkeys as the preferred transport animals in caravans, which typically took this long to cross the Sahara desert.
70-90 days
Which of the following statements identifies a major difference between kin-based societies in sub-Saharan Africa and the larger states and empires of the region?
Age, gender, and kinship determined social position in kin-based societies.
ho origanized a revolt in southern Mesopotamia in 869 C.E. consisting of about 15,000 Zanj slaves?
Ali bin Muhammad
Ife and Benin are examples of
Bantu kingdoms that arose after 1000 C.E. in west Africa.
What major change to the political organization of the Congo basin region occurred around 1200?
Conflict between smaller political entities resulted in the formation of stronger regional principalities.
True or false: African ruling elites and merchants in sub-Saharan west Africa and coastal east Africa converted to Islam solely for mercenary reasons.
F
Which of the following statements about the location of Ghana is correct?
Ghana was located between the Senegal and Niger rivers.
Which of the following best identifies the historical importance of Mansa Musa?
His wealth and activities illustrate the significance of trade and Islam in west Africa.
Which of the following resulted when the kings of Ghana converted to Islam?
Improved relations with Muslim merchants from north Africa Received recognition and support from Muslim states in north Africa Better relations with Muslim nomads who transported goods across the Sahara
Which of the following most accurately identifies the influence of Islam on women's roles in sub-Saharan Africa?
Islam did little to change gender relations in sub-Saharan Africa.
Which of the following was a result of the conversion to Islam by ruling elites and wealthy merchants in east Africa?
Islam established a presence in east Africa New political alliances and trade Rulers gained a further source of legitimacy for their power.
What happened to the large east African port city of Kilwa?
It was destroyed by Portuguese mariners in the fifteenth century.
Which of the following was the capital of the kingdom of Ghana?
Koumbi-Saleh
The wealth of Ghana supported many fine achievements in Koumbi-Saleh, including stone buildings, more than a dozen mosques, a large army, qadis, and
Muslim scholars.
The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta traveled across the Sahara desert in a caravan that included 600 slaves to be traded in what region?
N africs
Which of the following statements is true about religion in sub-Saharan Africa?
Religions in sub-Saharan Africa were as varied as the languages and cultural traditions in the region.
Among other leaders of the Christian church, ____ made his home in north Africa during the first century C.E
St. Augustine
Known as the lion prince, ________ established the Mali empire during the early thirteenth century.
Sundiata
True or false: After the decline of the Mali empire, the centralized government and prominence of Islam that it had established continued during the Songhay empire.
T
True or false: Some sub-Saharan African women engaged in combat.
T
Which of the following statements about the Islamic slave trade and the later European Atlantic slave trade is more accurate?
The Islamic slave trade established supply networks that provided a foundation for the Atlantic trade.
Which of the following statements about Mali's interactions with Muslim traders is most accurate?
The fact that its rulers embraced Islam helped make Mali a center for trade.
Which of the following was the most significant barrier to continued Bantu expansion after about 1000 C.E.? * 0
The presence of settled agricultural peoples in surrounding areas.
Which of the following correctly describes the role of the kings residing at Great Zimbabwe?
They controlled trade between the coast and the interior and built alliances.
How did Bantu communities respond to the circumstances brought about by expanding populations after c. 1000 C.E.?
They organized a military and developed more formal government structures.
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the social structures of African kingdoms, empires, and city-states?
They were organized around kinship systems.
Which of the following statements about gender roles in sub-Saharan societies BEST distinguishes them from societies in other lands?
Women had more opportunities open to them.
In early Bantu societies, villages were ruled by which of the following?
a ruling council made up of male heads of families
Which two of the following did the Bantu introduce to many areas where they migrated?
agriculture, iron metallurgy
In Egypt, ____ became a prominent center of early Christian thought.
alexandria
According to the beliefs of most Africans, the spirits of ____, if honored properly, could bring good fortune to their descendants.
ancestors
The indigenous Khol people in south Africa began raising cattle before _____ and Kushite herders came to the area.
bantu
By the eleventh century the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa spoke about how many different languages?
between 500 and 1,000
Under the kinship system of organization that prevailed in many sub-Saharan villages, most villagers regarded themselves first and foremost as members of a ______ or family.
clan
At the beginning of the eighth century, the city of Jenne-jeno served as a
commercial crossroads
Which of the following was the most significant impetus for changes in the belief system of sub-Saharan Africans?
contact with other people
Despite widespread changes in political organization throughout sub-Saharan Africa after 1000 C.E., kin-based societies
continued to exist into the nineteenth century.
What were the two principal building materials used in the Swahili coastal cities after the twelfth century?
coral, stone
Both Islam and Christianity appealed to prospective converts in sub-Saharan Africa because they
could be adapted to their existing beliefs
There were several _____ of Swahili language, but regular travel and interaction between various Swahili communities facilitated communication
dialects
When individuals or groups in sub-Saharan Africa were afflicted by illness, crop failure, or other misfortune, _____ were consulted to find the cause and determine a solution.
dinviners
When agricultural and herding societies migrated to sub-Saharan Africa, what did they do to the peoples they found there?
displaced them, absorbed them
Which of the following were important units of political organization withing Bantu society?
district, ethinic group, village, family
Bananas entered Africa on the ____ coast, via the
east, indian ocean
Which of the following did Mansa Musa do upon his return from his pilgrimage to Mecca?
established religious schools, brought Arab and north Africa teachers to Mali, sent students to study with Islamic scholars, built mosques
Ethiopian Christians became increasingly isolated at the end of the seventh century due to
expansion of islam
True or false: After the fall of the ruling house of Axum, Ethiopian royalty did not try to promote Christianity again.
f
True or false: The kings of Ghana imposed Islam on their society.
f
The trading settlement of ______ was a center for caravan routes across the Sahara, offering access to the Niger River valley.
gao
Where was the center for the gold trade in west Africa as Muslim merchants established trade in the region?
ghana
During a three-month visit to Cairo, Mansa Musa distributed so much ______ in gifts that its value declined by as much as 25% on the local markets.
gold
Ghana became the most important commercial site in the region because it was the center for trade in the commodity ______
gold
Mansa Musa was Sundiata's
grand nephew
After about the ninth century C.E., to what markets did Muslim merchants provide access for trade in African slaves?
he Mediterranean Persia India
What were some traditional religious activities that continued in sub-Saharan Africa even after the arrival of Islam?
honoring ancestors protecting against witchcraft honoring nature spirits warding off evil spirits
Which of the following was NOT a significant benefit that the Bantu derived from bananas?
improved building materials
While the caravan routes across the Sahara built trade in western Africa, merchants traveling the sea lanes of the _____ Ocean performed the same function for Africa's east coast.
indian
Merchants of Kilwa traded gold, slaves, and ivory obtained from ______ in exchange for cotton, silk, perfumes, pearls, and porcelain.
interior of africa
Along with the cultivation of bananas, _______ metallurgy had a direct effect on population growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
iron
The Bantu peoples were able to clear land and expand agriculture after about 500 B.C.E. through the use of _____ tools.
iron
Arab conquerors established the religion of ______ in north Africa in the seventh and eighth centuries.
islam
By 883, the Abbasid rulers of Mesopotamia had ___ Ali bin Muhammad and the other rebel leaders
killed
What did the forest peoples have that the Bantus valued?
knowledge of environments unfamiliar to the Bantu
Which of the following was one of the most prosperous Congolese states?
kongo
After about 1000 C.E., which form of political organization proliferated among African peoples facing population pressures and military challenges?
local kingdoms
Between 300 and 500 C.E. Malay seafarers colonized the island of ______ and established banana cultivation there
madagascar
Ethiopian Christianity drew the interest of Africans by
maintaining traditional spiritual beliefs.
After the kingdom of Ghana collapsed, the _____ empire took over political leadership in west Africa.
mali
ome of the very first converts to Christianity in Africa were ____ in the part city of Adulis.
merchants
In which of the following areas did slaves in sub-Saharan Africa typically work?
mining, agriculture,contruction
Christianity spread in Ethiopia through the work of _______, who translated the Bible into the Ethiopian language and worked to popularize the religion.
missionaries
Prior to the arrival of Muslim merchants in Africa, groups of _______ peoples traveled throughout the Sahara desert and associated with people living on its edges.
nomadic
Slaves were sent from the coastal cities of eastern Africa for sale in _____
persia, india
Which of the following were jobs generally shared by men and women in sub-Saharan Africa?
planting/ harvesting crops
Sub-Saharan religions in general were
practical and moral.
Unlike their counterparts in north Africa and Eurasia, the small-scale agricultural societies of sub-Saharan Africa did NOT recognize
private ownsership of land
Which of the following was NOT a significant export from Ghana?
salt
Large-scale states and empires made war on smaller states and kin-based societies to acquire ____ for trade.
slaves
During the thirteenth century members of Ethiopia's ruling Christian dynasty claimed descent from the biblical kings David and
solomon
Which of the following were major dietary staples in early south Africa?
sorghum, yams, millet
he term Zanj referred to black slaves from what religion?
swahii coast
East African merchants on the Indian Ocean coast traded with Arabs for so long that a new language, __(1)__, was created over time. It was a blend of Arabic and __(2)__.
swahii, bantu
The Great Zimbabwe was
the capital of a large kingdom in southeastern Africa.
thWhich of the following was NOT a major concern of most sub-Saharan African religions?
theology
The government of the Kingdom of Kongo consisted of a central government, governors, subordinate officials, and chiefs who ruled over
villages
What were some of the features of the world that sub-Saharan Africans typically associated with lesser deities?
weather, sun, trees, rivers
Ghana was the principal state in ______ Africa when the Muslims first arrived.
west
