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The belief in many gods is known as ____________.

• Theocracy

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Buddhism

This group migrated throughout Africa, constantly searching for new agricultural areas and spreading their culture, customs, and language.

• The Olmec

• The Bantu People

• The Sumerians

• The Egyptians

What did the Olmecs create as a tribute to their leaders?

• pyramids

• temples

• giant stone heads

Which of the following technologies did the Bantu peoples NOT spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa?

• language

• iron smelting/metallurgy

• the wheel

• agricultural techniques

Besides warfare, why might having the knowledge of iron be beneficial to the Bantu in a forest environment? 

• Iron tools for cutting through the jungle
• Iron can be melted into statues
• Iron looked cool so they went with it
• Iron is as strong as wood

The word "migration" refers to what?

• The movement of only people.

• The movement of people and animals looking for resources.

• The movement of animals only.

• None of these answers are correct.

Why did the Bantu people move or migrate across Africa?

• Historians and anthropologist are not exactly sure.

• They wanted to escape the destruction of the erupting volcano, Mt. Cameroon.

• The Central African landscape became desert and lost resources.

What was the agricultural revolution?

• The trading of goods and ideas between the America's, Europe, and Africa.

• Humans begin to grow crops and gather plants rather than hunting for food.

• The spread of culture across the African continent.

What is one of the best known surviving Bantu languages?

• Spanish

• Swahili

• British English

• Somali

Where did the Bantu Migrations migrate to?

• The Bantu people migrated north and east to the Nile River and the Arabian Peninsula.

• The Bantu people spread south and east from their Central African homelands.

• The Bantu people moved west along the coast of Western Africa.

• The Bantu people moved north into the Sahara to cash in on the salt trade.