Dual Enrollment: Chapter 7-Reading the Unwritten Record

What did all of the Bantu speakers have in common throughout the African continent?

• Social Customs

• Political Structures

• Agricultural Economy

• Pastoralist Lifestyle

What region of Africa did the Bantu emerge from?

• Nile River Valley

• North Eastern Africa

• Madagascar

• Sub-Saharan Africa

Where did pottery manufacturing begin?

• Japan

• Africa

• China

• Mesoamerica

Over time, what social/political shift occurred in Bantu culture?

• Patrilineal descent > Matrilineal descent

• Industrial economy > agricultural economy

• Matrilineal descent > Patrilineal descent

• Settle lifestyle > Pastoralist lifestyle

Which of the following led to wealth and political power among the Bantu tribes?

• Matrilineal heritage

• Large cattle herds

• Expertise in pottery

• Religious knowledge

Which of the following indigenous plants were cultivated by early Mesoamerican people?

• Maize

• Squash

• Barley

• Beans

What makes ancient Bantu, Olmec, and Polynesian practices and rituals so difficult to understand?

• The writings left behind cannot be read.

• There is no written evidence.

• There are too many manuscripts to decipher.

• All writings left are too vague and general.

Which of the following relate to Shaman's?

• Laborer who built pyramids

• Safeguarded the communities prosperity

• Communicated with the spiritual world

• Offered themselves for sacrifice to the Gods

What is the main difference between the Olmec and Mayan civilizations?

• Rituals

• Economy

• Glyphs

• Pyramids

Which of the following trades did the Chavin Empire excel in?

• Metallurgy

• Ceramics

• Textiles

• Masonry