Africa Test Review

Determine whether or not the following sentence is true or false.

Before the Europeans arrived, there were kingdoms and empires in Africa.

• True

• False

How was African slavery different from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and slavery in the Americas?

• Enslaved Africans were usually prisoners of war

• Slavery was a form of punishment for crimes

• Enslaved people could buy their freedom

• All of the above

Which African kingdom was located in East Africa?

• Axum

• Kingdom of Ghana

• Kingdom of Dahomey

• Kingdom of Mali

Why did African slave traders participate in the slave trade?

• Racism

• Hatred for other ethnic groups

• Money

• They wanted to go to America

Why was there a decrease in slavery in Europe?

• Enslaving Africans became too popular

• Europeans were abolitionists

• Most Europeans were Christian (unified under religion)

• Europeans hated slavery

According to church law, who could be enslaved?

• Only West Africans

• Anyone who was not Christian

• Anyone who is not Muslim

• Europeans were not interested in slavery

Race and racial hierarchies are _________.

• Scientific theories

• Social constructs

• Religious thought

• None of the above

What were European justifications for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

• They saw non-Christians as "natural slaves"

• African kingdoms had a slave system in place

• Europeans needed labor for plantations

• All of the above

After World War II, European nations poured more money into their African colonies to help their economies.

• True

• False

What does "divide and rule" mean?

• Encouraging unity between African ethnic groups

• Encouraging rivalries between African ethnic group