Chapter 14 test

What do the ancient empires of Mali and Ghana have in common?

• They share a common ancestor
• They traded gold & salt
• Wealth came from the sea
• founded by Muslims

Which ancient kingdom, in present-day Ethiopia, was a center of African Christianity?

• Axum
• Chad
• Zambezi
• Nok

Why did European countries carve Africa into colonies in the 1800s?

• to develop African ecomonies
• to spread Islamic beliefs
• to promote slave trade
• for profit & political advantage

By 1914, which of the following was true of Africa? 

•  Nearly every African colony was in revolt.
•  Almost all of Africa was independent. 
• Cities dominated nearly every region.
•  European nations controlled almost all of Africa.

When Europeans began trading with African societies, the African slave trade ____. 

• began
• was abolished
• grew
• diminished

Between 1500 and 1800, about how many Africans were captured and sent to the Americas?

• 200,000
• 10,000
• 12 million
• 1 million

What conditions prevailed in many African nations soon after they won independence?

• Europeans seized control of new government
• Ethnic divisions led to civil wars
• Drought produced widespread famine
• Democracy was established, & economic goals were reached

How did many countries respond to South Africa’s policy of apartheid?

• They supporte the white government
• They bombed Johannesburg
• They cut off trade w/South Africa.
• They sent troops into South Africa

In Africa, a person’s ethnic group is most closely associated with which of these?

• nationality
• language
• region
• religion

people who moved from place to place in search of food

• hunter-gatherers
• missionaries
• apartheid
• Mansa Musa