Mideval Africa Study Guide

Question 1

Axum would export _______, ________, ________ to the Arabian Peninsula.

Answer 1

ivory, incense, and slaves

Question 2

What religion was accepted by Ghana but became the religion of Mali and Songhai?

Answer 2

Islam

Question 3

In addition to controlling the mines, what was another way Ghana profited from trade?

Answer 3

Taxing traders

Question 4

True or False: In Ghana it was custom that the inheritance of a kingdom was passed to the king’s oldest son.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

True or False:The Kingdom of Ghana and Mali BOTH believed in Ancestor Worship

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The introduction of Iron to the Kingdom of Ghana did which TWO things?

Answer 6

Iron tools for farmers and weapons to conquer other tribes.

Question 7

The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai benefited from being near the _____________.

Answer 7

trans-Saharan route

Question 8

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in _________.

Answer 8

West Africa

Question 9

In traditional African religions God was forgiving if _____________.

Answer 9

people corrected themselves.

Question 10

In many African indigenous religions, ___________ are to be venerated and appeased through ceremony, for they can help or harm the living, depending on how well the living appease them.

Answer 10

ancestors

Question 11

What do traditional African religions believe in?

Answer 11

One supreme God

Question 12

Traditional African religions…

Answer 12

follow rules, honor history and ancestors, pray for protection, and pray for success.

Question 13

What was the importance of griots in African society?

Answer 13

Passed traditional stories down from generation to generation

Question 14

What are three ways the Bantu people helped people’s lives in villages?

Answer 14

Brought new crops, new iron works, and new homes

Question 15

The spread of religions has always been influenced by various factors. How was Islam first introduced to West Africa?

Answer 15

Through trade

Question 16

Why was salt so valuable?

Answer 16

It preserved meat

Question 17

Who was the most famous king of Mali? He took the Hajj to Mecca and gave out so much gold that he had to borrow money to come home.

Answer 17

Monsa Musa

Question 18

West Africa was an important market due to their specialization in which goods?

Answer 18

Salt and gold

Question 19

Which statement best explains why silent bartering was so useful?

Answer 19

Peaceful trade and kept locations of mines secret.

Question 20

The Sahara Desert had what major effect on West Africa?

Answer 20

It forced traders to find new routes across the north to the west.

Question 21

The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires were all located along which African landform?

Answer 21

The Niger River

Question 22

Which of the following best describes the political conditions in West Africa?

Answer 22

Monarchs taxed trade routes for their kingdom.

Question 23

The great trading center of Zimbabwe supplied ________, _______, and ________ to the East African coast.

Answer 23

gold, copper, and ivory

Question 24

Mansa Musa of Mali allowed?

Answer 24

Different religions

Question 25

What changed the nature of slavery in Africa?

Answer 25

Europeans

Question 26

The language and culture still exists in East Africa today.

Answer 26

Swahili

Question 27

What is the earliest African art form known?

Answer 27

Cave paintings

Question 28

What skills did the Bantu spread through Africa?

Answer 28

Pottery making and mining skills

Question 29

Men and women in traditional West African society were loyal to __________.

Answer 29

their families

Question 30

Used in trade caravans across the desert, camels were nicknamed ___________.

Answer 30

ships of the desert

Question 31

The empire of Mali used human and capital resources mainly to mine _______.

Answer 31

gold