Chp 16.2 East Africa history and culture

East Africa history and culture

Multiple Choice

What are the two major religion groups?

• Christian and Swahili

• Christian and Muslim

• Muslim and Judaism

• Voodoo and Muslim

Multiple Choice

Which group brought Christianity to Ethiopia in East Africa?

• Egyptian soldiers in the 100s A.D.

• Traders and missionaries from the Mediterranean region in the 300s A.D.

• Portuguese missionaries in the late 1400s

• Arab and Italian diplomats to the region in the late 1880s

Multiple Choice

Where were most slaves from East Africa sent?

• Europe

• the United States

• Muslim countries

• to South America

Multiple Choice

What city became a center for the slave trade in East Africa?

• Zootopia

• Zanzibar

• Zoolanderville

• San Diego

Multiple Choice

What is imperialism?

• A system of establishing a colony on each continent.

• A system where a weak country asks to join with a stronger country for economic reasons.

• A system of banks set up in various colonies.

• A system of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country.

Multiple Choice

Why did Europeans keep coming to Africa after the end of the slave trade?

• to modernize the region

• raw materials

• to convert Africans to Christianity

• to educate the natives

Multiple Choice

During the 1800s, the ___________ colonized Africa

• Americans

• Europeans

• Asians

• Australians

Multiple Choice

When did most countries receive independence from their European colonizers?

• After the Korean War

• After WW II

• Before WW I

• During the Spanish- American War

Multiple Choice

What does the word "Swahili" mean in Arabic?

• forest dweller

• nomad wanderer

• one who herds animals

• one who lives on the coast

Multiple Choice

Where are the majority of the Swahili people founded?

• the Sahel

• East Africa

• North Africa

• South Africa