Chapter 11 Test Flashcards
Kilwa was a Muslim city that thrived because of
a. offshore fishing
b. raising yams
c. trade with foreign lands
d. Swahili scholars
c. trade with foreign lands
Mansa Musa wanted Mali to be a leading center of
a. Muslim learning
b. military power
c. christian learning
d. agriculture
a. Muslim learning
What did Sundiata accomplish?
a. He made Mali the most powerful kingdom in West Africa
b. He founded the kingdom of Ghana
c. He made Islam the official religion of Mali
d. He conquered the people of Songhai
a. he made Mali the most powerful kingdom in West Africa
Muslim scholars in the empire of Mali taught students.
a. the Christian Bible
b. Swahili literature
c. religion, mathematics, medicine, and law
d. Bantu poems
c. religion, mathematics, medicine, and law
What did the Bantu-speaking people spread across Africa as they migrated?
a. their language and culture
b. bronze-making skills
c. christianity
d. Islam
a. their language and culture
Historians study the Bantu migrations by examining
a. records of metalworking
b. stories told by traditional African storytellers
c. cattle raising
d. old maps of migration routes
b. stories told by traditional African storytellers.
Most of the gold that was brought to the Swahili city-states came from around
a. Ethiopia
b. Portugal
c. Kenya
d. Great Zimbabwe
d. Great Zimbabwe
Cut off from the rest of the world, the Ethiopians developed their own form of
a. gold-salt trade
b. Christianity
c. metalworking
d. farming
b. christianity
the Bantu migrations lasted for
a. about 5,000 years
b. about 1,000 years
c. about 2,000 years
d. 100 years
b. about 1,000 years
What item did the people of West Africa usually trade to get salt?
a. gold
b. bronze
c. silk
d. water
a. gold
The two most important products that were traded in West Africa were gold and
a. wheat
b. iron
c. slaves
d. salt
d. salt
_____ was one of the most important kingdoms of the West African forests.
a. Benin
b. Ghana
c. Mali
d. Songhai
a. Benin
During the A.D. 300’s what became the official religion of Aksum?
a. Islam
b. Judaism
c. Christianity
d. Swahili
c. Christianity
These early iron users thrived in present-day Nigeria
a. Malinkes
b. Noak
c. Berbers
d. Almoravids
b. Noak
The Soninkes traded for the ____gold in order to trade for North African salt.
a. Malinke’s
b. Songhai’s
c. Nok’s
d. Wangara’s
a. Malinke’s
