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Quiz 13.1

Authored by D'Anne Weaver

History

9th Grade

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Quiz 13.1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A matrilineal society is one in which

descent is traced through an individual's mother.

the social group is led by a council of elders.

the head of each family is the father.

the head of each extended family is elected

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A common belief was that a(n) ______________ had the power to foretell events.

ashanti

diviner

yoruba

savanna

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In African society, a griot was always a

king

priest

slave

storyteller

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Much of our knowledge of early African society comes from accounts written by

foreign visitors.

ordinary African people.

warriors.

wealthy African kings.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Within a lineage group, a great deal of power was held by

storytellers

artists.

elders

male children

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the wake of the Arab conquest, Islam swept across

eastern Africa

the hump of Africa

the Nile Valley.

northern Africa.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Early African peoples believed that their ancestors

were reborn as animals.

rode in a large canoe in Heaven.

could not be trusted.

could influence the lives of their descendants.

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