Early African Societies Review

What were the main directions of the migrations of Bantu-speaking peoples?

• South or Southeast

• North or Northwest

• West or Southwest

• North or Northeast

What are Africa's savannas?

• Deserts

• Jungles

• Grassy plains

• Coastal regions

What was the most likely cause of the beginnings of the Bantu migrations?

• The development of agriculture

• An ethnic conflict

• A sudden change in climate

• The development of trade

The event that had the greatest effect on the growth of Islam in East Africa was

• The arrival of the Portuguese

• The increase in trade and commerce

• The enslavement of Africans

• The chaos and disruption of wars and conquest

Which statement is true about West Africa?

• The gold-salt trade increased cultural diffusion

• Many Africans slowly converted to Islam

• Many Africans blended Islam with animism

• All of the above

In the Trans-Saharan trade, what two resources were heavily traded?

• Salt and Pepper

• Gold and Diamonds

• Salt and Diamonds

• Gold and Salt

What did Mansa Musa do on his hajj to Mecca to let others see the wealth of Mali?

• His caravans were elaborately decorated

• He gave away so much gold, it offset the price of gold in the Middle East

• Showed them pictures of Timbuktu

What people broke away from the Mali Empire, control of the trade routes, and create the largest Empire in Western Africa?

• The Songhai

• The Yoruba

• The Hausa

In West Africa between about 500 and 1600 C.E., Ghana, Songhai, and Mali were three _____ that arose.

• states

• kingdoms

• countries

• religions

Why are historians unable to study written sources from early West African societies?

• No one can translate the documents' language.

• All of the documents were burned in a fire.

• Most of the period has no written records.

• The government owns all of the documents.