Unit 6 Test Review

Which was the most important factor in Ghana’s rise?

• domesticated camels

• the development of agriculture

• the gold-for-salt trade

• the hajj

Which best describes Timbuktu?

• a farming village on the Niger River in West Africa

• the city to which Muslims make the hajj

• the ancient homeland of the people of Ghana

• a center of Islamic learning in Africa

Which best describes Songhai under Askia Muhammad?

• a powerful trading empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean across much of West Africa

• a small kingdom on the Niger River that owed allegiance to Mali

• an empire whose capital city of Kilwa was a center of Islamic culture and learning

• a powerful empire that grew wealthy trading with the people of the Swahili coast

Which does not describe all three kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

• they grew powerful through trade

• they ruled much of West Africa

• they controlled the gold-for-salt exchange

• they built large cities in the West African rain forest

Which best explains the increase in the African slave trade after the fifteenth century?

• the arrival of the Portuguese on the coast of Benin

• the arrival of Arab traders on the Swahili coast

• the construction of Great Zimbabwe

• the domestication of the camel

Which best explains the spread of culture along East Africa’s Swahili coast?

• Islamic armies conquered East Africa and required Africans to convert to Islam

• traders from the north brought Greco-Roman culture

• African culture mingled with traditions carried by Arab traders

• the people of Great Zimbabwe spread ancient African traditions

Which religion had a major influence on East African cultures after being brought there by foreign traders?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

Which best describes the origins of the African slave trade?

• the Portuguese were the first to capture Africans and sell them as slaves

• African societies often enslaved people they conquered or captured in battle

• Muslim traders brought slaves with them to Africa to exchange for salt and ivory

• the slave trade began when Europeans began colonizing North and South America

Which is the best explanation of Great Zimbabwe's rise to power?

• Zimbabwe was a highly productive agricultural society

• fish from Zimbabwe were a staple food of East African people

• Zimbabwe’s military was stronger than others in the region

• Zimbabwe controlled the region's ivory and gold trade

Which is not a possible reason for the decline of Great Zimbabwe?

• disease

• overgrazing

• shifting trade routes

• end of the slave trade