Modern African History Test Review

As of 2021, Africa had ____ living languages

• 100

• 1000

• 2000

• 5000

The Greek word Aphrike means...

• sunny

• bright

• dry

• strong

The pilgrimage of Mansa Musa throughout Africa and parts of Europe served primarily as a

• way to impress white Europeans

• charitable event

• way to attract more traders to Mali

• way to deter Europeans from slavery

By the 16th century ____, the capital of the Songhay empire, was the leading Islamic center of learning in Africa

• Rabat

• Algiers

• Timbuktu

• Almoravids

The ______ went on to conquer and defeat the Empire of Ghana

• Shona

• Almoravids

• Bantu

• Zulu

Ethiopia was the second country to be introduced to Christianity in Africa

• True

• False

What was the name of the Portuguese missionary who went out to Ethiopia to find Prester John

• Vasco da Gama

• Pero de Covilha

• Ferdinand Magellen

• King John II

The ACS was the founding group of the country to be known as Liberia. What was ACS stand for?

• American Colonial Society

• American Colonial Separation

• American Colonization Society

• American Contra Separation

Before arriving in Liberia, the U.S. Navy attempted to set up their "colony" in what other modern day country?

• Mali

• Guinea

• Sierra Leone

• Congo

Samuel Doe was the first non _____ president in Liberia for over 70 years

• Americo-Liberian

• Native-Liberian

• American

• black