Africa/Mesoamerica Ch. 13/14

All members of a lineage group claimed descent from whom?

• A common Father

• A common Ancestor

• A common Mother

• Patrilineal

In many African societies, the family lineage is based on the mother, which means that African societies were what?

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Berbers

• Bantu

Ancestors were a key element in African religion because people believed what?

• The ancestors would protect them.

• The ancestors were living spirits.

• Ancestors were closer to the Gods.

• The ancestors were one with nature.

Early African wood carvers made masks and statues that most often represented what?

• Wild Animals

• Trees, plants and flowers.

• The moon goddess.

• Gods, spirits, ancestors.

Music and storytelling were used for what purposes?

• To pass along a community's history.

• To keep the village entertained.

• To honor the Gods.

• To keep out evil spirits.

Who passed historical information down from generation to generation?

• Griots

• Bantu

• Swahili

• Berbers

The first great trading state in West Africa was called what?

• Mali

• Tenochitlan

• Ghana

• The stateless society.

The "fleets of the desert" were used for trade by which group of people

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Bantu

• Berbers

Mansa Musa caused Timbuktu to become of what importance in the Muslim world?

• The capital of Mali

• The city of gold.

• The mecca.

• The intellectual capital.

Islam was first brought to East Africa by which means?

• The Quran

• Muhammad himself

• Muslim traders from Arabia

• Muslim merchants from South Africa