The West Africans

The West Africans

American History

​Read each paragraph and answer the questions that coincide with it.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following rivers was NOT listed as located in the subSaharan

• Senegal

• Gambia

• Amazon

• Congo

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Multiple Choice

What does polygyny mean?

• The practice of marrying young women to men who are much older than they are.

• The practice of allowing a wife to married to multiple men.

• The practice of having more than one wife.

• The practice of having a wife who worships a different God.

Multiple Choice

After 632 A.D. which major world religion spread rapidly across North Africa?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Ju

Multiple Choice

If a local chief did not convert to Islam.  What was the consequence?

• They could lose their position as chief.

• Nothing.

• They were put in concentration camps.

• Possible death.

Multiple Choice

What was the first major kingdom to emerge in West Africa?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Saharan

Multiple Choice

What did the Niger River Basin supply the Berber people?

• silver

• gold

• fish

• salt

Multiple Choice

One god 

• monotheism

• mononucleosis

• unideity

• biotheism

Multiple Choice

Who controlled the Ghana gold supply?

• Pirates off the Ivory Coast

• The French Mining Company

• Ghana's King

• The British King

Take time to notice where the different African empires were located prior to 1500 CE.

Multiple Choice

Which West African empire was located the furthest south?

• Ghana Empire

• Great Zimbabwe Empire

• Kanem Empire

• Mali Empire

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Multiple Choice

After Sundiata's rule, which religion took hold in West Africa?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Judaism

Multiple Choice

Which word means "a pilgrimage to the Holy city of Mecca?"

• hal

• habeebi

• hajj

• kaneen

Multiple Choice

Which African city would become an Islamic center for education, commerce, and slave trade?

• Cairo

• Lago

• Kinshasa

• Timbuktu

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Multiple Choice

Prior to the U.S. instituting chattel slavery, where might one find its use?

• Morroco

• Mediterranean Coastline

• Calcutta

• Nile Valley

Multiple Choice

What type of slavery is it when a person is bought and sold as property for life?

• chattel

• indentured servitude

• serfdom

• peasantry

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be added to one's harem as a form of slavery?

• women

• Italians

• men

• Spaniard

​Think about the information provided in the map to the right. Prepare to write a paragraph concerning what you see.

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Open Ended

Based on the image presented in the previous slide (it is provided in a smaller version to the left), write a paragraph explaining a concept represented in it.

​Read the paragraph below. Pay attention to the information concerning what contributed to enslavement becoming race-based. You will be expected to explain it on the next slide.

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Open Ended

Based on the information provided in the previous slide, explain how enslavement became race-based.  

Do so in the space below.

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​Prepare to write a paragraph on enslavement. Include how it is different from indentured servitude. Discuss the different needs within the various regions of America.

Open Ended

Write a paragraph on enslavement. Include how it is different from indentured servitude. Discuss the different needs within the various regions of America. Do this in the space below.

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Open Ended

One last time in an effort to prepare for the test next week, read the information in the previous slides.  Then explain in the space below how enslavement became race-based.  On this slide you may answer using bullet-form notes.

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