SOCIAL STUDIES 11 First Term Exam Review

Multiple Choice

Who was the founder of the nation of Mali?

• Muhammad Ture

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Ibn Battuta

Multiple Choice

Who was the ruler of the Songhai Empire during the height of its power?

• Muhammad Ture

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Ibn Battuta

Multiple Choice

Who spent much of his reign on horseback and on the march as he led his army in one military campaign after another?

• Muhammad Ture

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Ibn Battuta

Multiple Choice

Who was the ruler of the Songhai Empire during the height of its power?

• Muhammad Ture

• Sundiata Keita

• Sunni Ali

• Ibn Battuta

Multiple Choice

Where in villages did Iroquois live that was built of wooden poles covered with sheets of bark and housed about a dozen families?

• longhouse

• tepee

• pueblo

• mansa

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words means "king"?

• matrilineal

• mansa

• berber

• tepee

Multiple Choice

What do you call societies in which descent is traced through the mother and not the father?

• matrilineal

• mansa

• berber

• tepee

Multiple Choice

Why did the Aztec initially accepted the Spanish?

• The Spanish showered them with exotic gifts that they had never seen before.

• The Spanish did not remain long enough to cause a threat.

• They wanted to obtain the advanced weapons and armor the Spaniards possessed.

• They believed that the representatives of Quetzalcoatl had returned.

​AZTECS

Multiple Choice

Aside from mild, desert, and rain forest, which of the following is a distinct climate zone in Africa?

• steppe

• tropical dry

• savanna

• tropical wet

Multiple Choice

Who were known as Mound Builders who built large, elaborate earth mounds that were used as tombs or for ceremonies?

• Hopewell People

• Iroquois

• Plains Indians

• Anasazi

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the Mayan social structure?

• Scribes and nobles supported absolute rulers who ruled over peasants and townspeople.

• Peasants, townspeople, and scribes elected new rulers every twelve years.

• No strict division of labor existed. Men and women shared responsibilities.

• Townspeople and scribes farmed crops on terraced land surrounding the cities.

​MAYA

Multiple Choice

What was the first powerful trading state in West Africa?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Somalia

Multiple Choice

What came about as a result of trade between people from Arab lands and the Bantu people living along Africa’s eastern coast?

• gold

• civil war

• Swahili language

• migration

Multiple Choice

In medieval Africa, all members of a lineage group claim descent from a common ancestor.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Deserts cover about 80 percent of Africa.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

To appease their gods and to celebrate ceremonial occasions, Mayans climbed to the central pyramid's shrine.

• TRUE

• FALSE

​They practiced human sacrifice of war captives.

Multiple Choice

The king of the Aztec Empire claimed lineage with the gods and ruled over nobles, slaves, and commoners.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The exact purpose of the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe is not known.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Because of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Makkah, the empire of Mali fell.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

After flourishing for centuries as a trading power, Ghana collapsed because the taxes imposed by the kings on imports and exports were too steep.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

What's the impact of the practices in medieval Africa to the practices in present-day Africa?

Open Ended

Discuss the different native peoples of North America and Mesoamerica.