Test 1

Question 1

Three crops domesticated in Africa

Answer 1

Pearl millet, sorghum (guinea corn), yam tubers

Question 2

size of rainforest

Answer 2

about 1.4 million sq miles, only one fifth of African landmass

Question 3

seasonal movement from one vegetation zone to another in search of pasture

Answer 3

pastorialism

Question 4

why Khosian is found in southernmost Africa

Answer 4

Their technology was particularly suited to exploiting the dry, semi-desert zones of Southern Africa.

Question 5

4 writing systems of africa

Answer 5

Egyptian hieroglyphics, Ethiopian, vai, agami

Question 6

characteristics of australopeticus

Answer 6

Bipedal, small brain, hands/fingers, developed for using tools, omnivorous, extinct about 1.5mya

Question 7

4 hunter gatherer groups in central and southern africa.

Answer 7

Khoi and san of South Africa, twa and efe of central Africa

Question 8

Origin of dominant language in the Austronesian language group

Answer 8

Developed from the language of Asian migrants from Borneo Indo

Question 9

Exogamy practiced among which ethnic group

Answer 9

igbo acephalous society

Question 10

“the death of an old man in Africa is like…”

Answer 10

a library burning, ahmadu hampate ba

Question 11

first hominoid to migrate out of africa in to Asia and europe

Answer 11

homo erectus (ergaster)

Question 12

vegetation with best soil in africa

Answer 12

mountains

Question 13

Fulani language group

Answer 13

Niger Congo West Atlantic

Question 14

Xhosa language group

Answer 14

Niger Congo Bantu

Question 15

Kanuri language group

Answer 15

Nilo Saharan

Question 16

Malagasy language group

Answer 16

Austronesian

Question 17

Hausa language group

Answer 17

Afro-Asiatic

Question 18

Role of agriculture in social organization

Answer 18

changed humans from nomadic to sedentary life

Question 19

cause of migration from the Sahara region

Answer 19

spread of pastoralism and cultivation

Question 20

three ethnic groups that had acephalous political system in Africa

Answer 20

massai, Fulani, galla boran

Question 21

three weaknesses of oral tradition

Answer 21

Art is used to record historical events, art is used as a mnemonic device, art history- changes in styles and forms of art and visual culture

Question 22

keeper of oral tradition in mali

Answer 22

mory kaite

Question 23

Hypothesis that denies African creation of the great civilizations and engineering feats in ancient Africa.

Answer 23

Denigrated by Arab Muslims, denied by European racists/colonialists. Not much was written because African history relied greatly on oral tradition.

Question 24

name of early promoter of african history

Answer 24

ahmadu hampate ba