Quiz 7 Flashcards
Although early African religious beliefs varied from place to place, most African societies shared all EXCEPT __________
a belief in a single god.
a belief in a single creator god and lesser gods.
a belief in the importance of ancestors.
a belief in an afterlife.
a belief in a single god.
The kingdom of Axum __________
emerged as an independent state that combined Arab and African cultures.
competed with Kush over control of the ivory trade.
brought about the decline of the Kush.
all of these answers.
All of these answers
Most of the peoples in the southern half of the African continent lived in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ kingdoms. empires. stateless societies. city-states.
stateless societies
__________ was one of the most magnificent port cities to grow out of the costal trade in East Africa.
Kilwa
Mogadishu
Timbuktu
Great Zimbabwe
Kilwa
Muhammad Ture divided __________ into administrative provinces.
Songhai
Morocco
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
__________ imported scholars and books to introduce his subjects to Islam.
Sundiata Keita
Muhammad Ture
Mansa Musa
Sunni Ali
Mansa musa
__________ gave rise to the first civilizations in Africa.
The development of new weapons
The mastery of farming
The slave trade
Iron ore smelting
The mastery of farming
Broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs are __________________.
humid continentals pampas savannas rain forests deserts
Savannas
The Sahara __________
was an important source of iron and ivory.
limited trade with people of the Mediterranean.
was an important source of gold and iron.
was part of the trade route for Berber camel caravans.
was part of the trade route for Berber camel caravans.
An extended family unit that has combined into a larger community is a(n) _____________.
lineage group
commune
city-state
stateless society
lineage group
__________ helped turn Ghana into a great trading empire.
The ivory trade
Slavery
Farming
Vast supplies of iron and gold
Vast supplies of iron and gold
The practice of growing just enough crops for personal use, not for sale is ______________.
commercial farming hunting and gathering subsistence farming cash crop farming strip farming
subsistence farming
A mixed African-Arabic culture that developed along the east coast of Africa is _____________.
Griots Bantu Latins Diviners Swahili
Swahili
Many African societies were matrilineal, which meant that __________
women oversaw the education of children.
lineage was traced through the woman.
women could inherit property.
the man moved into his wife’s home.
lineage was traced through the woman.
A family of languages spoken in central and southern Africa is ___________________.
Latin
Swahili
Arabic
Bantu
Bantu
