America and African Kingdoms Test

Question 1

What is the largest desert in the world, which takes up most of Northern Africa?

Answer 1

Sahara Desert

Question 2

Most African tribes had storytellers who passed down the group’s history orally. They are called ___?

Answer 2

Griots

Question 3

The earliest known city in the Sub-Saharan Africa was ___?

Answer 3

Djenne Djeno

Question 4

What African Kingdom was a strong and rich kingdom in the eastern part of the continent, modern-day Ethiopia?

Answer 4

Aksum

Question 5

What was the first of the wealthy West African kingdoms that ruled from 800-1076 CE?

Answer 5

Ghana

Question 6

Most of the Western African Kingdoms’ economies were based on what?

Answer 6

Gold and salt

Question 7

Who was the great Mali king who led a religious pilgrimage to Mecca, where he handed out gold along his journey?

Answer 7

Mansa Musa

Question 8

What kingdom ruled in southern Africa from the 11th century though the 15th century?

Answer 8

Great Zimbabwe

Question 9

How did very first people come to the Americas?

Answer 9

They migrated across the Bering Land Bridge

Question 10

What North American Tribe lived in longhouses with communities with walls that was mostly located in modern-day New York?

Answer 10

Iroquois

Question 11

What North American Tribe in modern-day Canada near the Great Lakes is known for their trade relationship with the French?

Answer 11

Algonquin

Question 12

What set of tribes had a great environment, abundant food source (ate fish from rivers), and built totem poles that tell of a tribe’s history?

Answer 12

Pacific Northwest Tribes

Question 13

Which Mesoamerican civilization is known for being the first in the area, leaving behind huge stone heads?

Answer 13

Olmec

Question 14

Which Mesoamerican Civilization is best known for their calendar and the games they played like Ulama?

Answer 14

Mayans

Question 15

Which Mesoamerican Civilization is centered around Tenochtitlan, their capital and is considered the last of the Mexican Valley Tribes?

Answer 15

Aztecs

Question 16

True or False: Africa contains 52 countries and over 1,000 different languages

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False: Most early Africans were animistic; belief that everything in nature has a spirit

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False: The invention of firearms was the main cause of Songhai’s downfall

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False: Mali was deserted after soil fertility decreases, and residents flock further west to establish the Kingdom of Mutapa

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True or False: Most early American Tribes were hunters and gatherers, with a monotheistic belief system

Answer 20

False

Question 21

True or False: Pacific Northwest Tribes followed buffalo herds and lived in teepees

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True or False: The Plains people lived in adobe houses, like Anasazi, on mountain cliff dwellings

Answer 22

False

Question 23

True or False: The Mayans were located in modern-day Mexico and Guatemala from around 200 BCE to 900 CE

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Compare and Contrast (one similarity and difference) two of the African Kingdoms we learned about (Askum, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe).

Answer 24

Ghana and Mali were both rich and wealthy African kingdoms. Although, Mali took over Ghana’s place after it fell.

Question 25

Compare and Contrast (one similarity and difference) two of the American Civilizations we learned about (Iroquois, Algonquin, Olmec, Inca, Mayans, Aztec)

Answer 25

The Aztec and Inca civilizations both had great importance in their sacrifices. Though, the Aztec had human sacrifices while the Inca focused more on child sacrifices. To add, the Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization while the Inca was a South American civilization.

Question 26

What is the importance of learning about Pre-Age of Exploration America and Africa?

Answer 26

The importance of learning about the Pre-Age Exploration of America and Africa is to learn the cultures, religions, beliefs, and order of life and city throughout civilizations before more land around the world became discovered.