TOEFL Reading Agriculture,Iron and the Bantu People

Multiple Choice

According to paragraoh 1.Why do researchers doubt that agriculture developed independently in Africa?

• African lakes and rivers provided enough food for people to survive without agriculture

• The earliest examples of cultivated plants discovered in Africa are Asian

• Africa's native plants are very difficuld to domesticate

• African communities were not large enough to support agriculture

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1 what does the author imply about changes in the African environment during this time period?

•  the climate was becoming milder, allowing for a greater variety of crops to be grown

•  although periods of drying forced people south, they returned once their food supply was secure.

•  population growth along rivers and lakes was dramatically decreasing the availability of fish

•  a region that had one supported many people was becoming a desert where if you could survive

Multiple Choice

According to paragraph 2, camels were important because they.......

 

•  were the first domesticated animal to be introduced to Africa

•  allowed the people of the West African savannas to carve out large Empires

•  helped African people's defend themselves against Egyptian inverters

•  made it cheaper and easier to cross the Sahara

Multiple Choice

The word profound in the passage is closest in meaning to

•  Fascinating

•  Far-reaching

• Necessary

•  Temporary

Multiple Choice

The word ritual in the passage is closest in meaning to

 

•  Military

•  Physical

• Ceremonial

•  Permanent

Multiple Choice

According to paragraph 4, all of the following were social effects of the new metal technology in Africa EXCEPT:

• access to metal tools and weapons created greater social equality

•  metal weapons increase the power of warriors

•  iron tools helped increase the food supply

•  technical knowledge gave religious power to its holders

Multiple Choice

Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important words or leave out essential information.

• While American Iron makers developed the latest furnaces,  African iron workers continued using earlier techniques

• Africans produced iron much earlier than americans, inventing technologically sophisticated heating systems 

• Iron making developed earlier in Africa than in the Americas because of the ready availability of carbon and iron ore

• Both Africa and the Americas developed the capacity for making iron early but African metallurgy developed at a slow rate 

Multiple Choice

Paragraph 6 mentions all of the following as possible causes of the ''Bantu explosion'' EXCEPT:

•  superior weapons

•  better hunting skills

•  peaceful migration

•  increased population

Multiple Choice

Look at the numbers that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage

''These people had a significant linguistic impact on the continent as well''

 Where would the sentence best fit?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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