Chapter 1 Ancestral Africa

Question 1

Good quality steel was produced by Africans as early as 600 BCE in the ________.

Answer 1

Jos Plateau

Question 2

The Sahel zone included…

Answer 2

Livestock

Question 3

The _______ were traders that represented groups of families and specific ethnic groups such as the Mande-speaking traders.

Answer 3

dyula

Question 4

What is a pidgin?

Answer 4

A contact language that uses vocabulary and grammar from different languages.

Question 5

The majority of people in the Atlantic slave came from ______ Africa.

Answer 5

West

Question 6

African languages can be classified into ______ linguistic groups.

Answer 6

four

Question 7

Nok works are generally ….

Answer 7

Hollow human or animal figures of coil construction.

Question 8

Define desertification

Answer 8

A dry period experienced by the Sahara region between 300 - 1500 BCE

Question 9

The native languages of most African peoples belong to the _________ linguistic group.

Answer 9

Niger - Congo

Question 10

________ was a highly valued metal of commerce, exported and imported in the trans-Saharan trade in the form of bars, rings, and other artifacts.

Answer 10

Copper

Question 11

In the 11th century Ghana’s dominate source of gold was in __________.

Answer 11

Bambuk

Question 12

The kingdom of Ghana was called the land of ______.

Answer 12

Gold

Question 13

Mansa Musa was a convert to _________.

Answer 13

Islam

Question 14

________ was Africa’s most valued trade item with both Arabs and Europeans before the discovery of the new world.

Answer 14

Gold

Question 15

The ecological zones of West Africa are ……

Answer 15

Sahara, Sahel, Savanah, and Forest

Question 16

A smith in Ghana used the lost wax method to make _____.

Answer 16

Copper weights

Question 17

Muslim traveler Al - Idrisi, in the 12th century wrote an account about _________

Answer 17

Strongly made boats

Question 18

Muslim travelers referred to the rivers as the Nile of the ______.

Answer 18

Blacks

Question 19

The hajj was a religious pilgrimage to ______

Answer 19

Mecca

Question 20

The linguistic groups of Africa are _______, ________, ________, and ________.

Answer 20

Koisan, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo

Question 21

African merchants used ________ and _______ to carry cargo along the trade routes.

Answer 21

slaves and animals

Question 22

Mansa Musa displayed his kingdoms wealth and power to the _________ world.

Answer 22

Muslim

Question 23

Mansa Musa’s fame spread from ________ to _________.

Answer 23

North Africa to Europe

Question 24

The extensive river system that was established in West Africa is ….

Answer 24

Niger river, Senegal river, and Gambia river.

Question 25

The kingdom that raised after the fall of the Mali ….

Answer 25

Songhay

Question 26

Mansa Musa brought the grandeur of Mail to the attention of ______, _______, and _______.

Answer 26

Egypt, Arabia, and Europe.

Question 27

Lagoon trade provided communications for 900 miles to the western kingdoms ________ and ________, and Eastern kingdoms ________ and __________.

Answer 27

Allada and Ouidahd, Lagos and Benin.

Question 28

Before feudalism slaves were brought primarily from______.

Answer 28

Slavic

Question 29

Queen Njinga converted to _______.

Answer 29

Catholicism

Question 30

Black slaves came to Italy from _______ Africa.

Answer 30

North

Question 31

Saudi Ali conquered most of West African by using rivers and deployed on the _______ river.

Answer 31

Niger

Question 32

The _______ empire became the largest and most powerful empire in West Africa.

Answer 32

Songhay

Question 33

Ancient Egyptians enslaved various groups from ______, _______, and _______ blacks.

Answer 33

Sematic, Mediterranean, and Nubian blacks

Question 34

Askia Mohammad built a professional army of ______ and ________.

Answer 34

slaves and prisoners of warfare

Question 35

Before the 15th century in Europe slaves were primarily Muslims from _______ and _______.

Answer 35

Iberia and East Europe

Question 36

What did desertification lead to?

Answer 36

The introduction of camel

Question 37

What language group is used the most?

Answer 37

Niger-Congo

Question 38

What majority of people use Niger-Congo?

Answer 38

Bantu

Question 39

How early was steel produced?

Answer 39

early 600 BCE

Question 40

Who were the people producing Steel and working with iron?

Answer 40

The Nok People

Question 41

What is a tuyere?

Answer 41

A pre-heating device

Question 42

Copper was smelted as far back as _________ to ________.

Answer 42

570 to 400 BCE

Question 43

________ mines were indigenous to ________ Africa.

Answer 43

Copper, West

Question 44

_________ and _________ implements and art objects testified to the skills of the smiths in Benin.

Answer 44

Bronze and copper

Question 45

What is an abrammuo?

Answer 45

A copper-alloy weight

Question 46

What was an abrammuo used for?

Answer 46

It was used to measure gold dust

Question 47

What was the size of the abrammuo?

Answer 47

small and portable

Question 48

The trans-Saharan trade with the Muslim world brought West African peoples in contact with goods from as far North as the __________ and as for East as __________.

Answer 48

Mediterranean, Egypt

Question 49

When did West Africans trade with the outside world?

Answer 49

1st millennium CE

Question 50

Who brought Islam to the Western interior?

Answer 50

Dyula

Question 51

How did Mali fall?

Answer 51

A civil war