Queen's Exploration Test Review

The Sundanic kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, the emergence of their empires was based on their ability to...

• establish overseas colonial empires in Europe

• tax the goods

• conquer areas through militarism

• sell slaves in the European triangular trade

Which major items of trade linked Sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean world?

• gold, salt, and slaves

• dates, bananas, and rubber trees

• diamonds, rubies, and emeralds

• horses, teakwood, and palm oil

Christopher Columbus in 1492

• led England to claim the vast territory surrounding Hudson Bay.

• led the way for Portugal to build a vast trading empire in Asia

• showed Spain the way around South America and into the Pacific Ocean

• opened the way for Spain to colonize North and South America.

What was the role of improved technology in European exploration in the 15^th and 16^th centuries?

• The astrolabe determined latitude at sea.

• Gutenberg’s printing press spread ideas about the New World.

• Slave rowers from Africa propelled ships farther.

• The steam engine made ships faster.

What happened to cause the downfall of Songhai?

• defeat and incorporation within the Mali Empire

• the collapse of the irrigation system on which the agricultural economy depended

• invasion by the Portuguese

• invasion by a Moroccan army equipped with firearms.

The best reason why many African tribes did not fight the Europeans over slavery was that...

• African tribes were overpopulated, and slavery was a way to lower their population.

• African rulers and merchants exported slaves to obtain foreign goods.

• they had no weapons that could oppose the Europeans.

• the Europeans took non-Muslims as slaves.

The development of the Swahili language on the eastern coastline of Africa reflects the

• colonization of eastern Africa by the Portuguese.

• trade relationships between Africans and Arab traders.

• adoption of a universal language throughout much of Africa.

• refusal of east African people to adopt Bantu culture and language.

Because of its location, which European country was the first to launch larger scale exploration voyages?

• Portugal

• France

• Germany

• the Netherlands

What generalization can be made regarding the religious practices of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures?

• the worship of ancestors

• head shrinking and flesh piercing

• cannibalism and infanticide

• human sacrifice and polytheism

Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14^th century Mali, is MOST remembered for

• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.

• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca

• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

• defending his African kingdom from the slave trade.