Early African Societies

What were the main directions of the migrations of Bantu-speaking peoples?

• South or Southeast

• North or Northwest

• West or Southwest

• North or Northeast

What are Africa's savannas?

• Deserts

• Jungles

• Grassy plains

• Coastal regions

What is one result of the migrations of the Bantu-speaking peoples?

• There are 60 million African people who speak one of the Bantu languages

• Every part of Africa has been influenced by the Bantu-speaking peoples

• The continent of Africa has been completely urbanized

• Territorial wars broke out and civilizations were taken over

The event that had the greatest effect on the growth of Islam in East Africa was

• The arrival of the Portuguese

• The increase in trade and commerce

• The enslavement of Africans

• The chaos and disruption of wars and conquest

In most traditional African religions, people honored

• the emperor
• only one god
• their ancestors
• religious leaders

Trans-Saharan trade in early West Africa MAINLY involved the exchange of _________ for gold.

• Iron
• Salt
• Slaves
• Ivory

The traditional religion of Animism believes

• objects in nature have souls

• in worship of animals

• all animals go to heaven

• in the Eight-fold Path of Islam

I provide fresh water and fish.

I provide fertilizer for the savanna and rain forest.

I have been described as a "highway" by West African traders.

Who am I?

• Mansa Musa

• Muhammad

• The Niger River

• The Yellow River

I write poems.
I sing songs and dance. 
I am the official storyteller and keeper of history. 
Who am I?
 

• A king
• A trader
• A griot
• A shaman

Why did the people of Mali need griots?

• because they had no written language

• because they needed a ruler

• because they were good traders