Module 17 History of Sub-Saharan Africa and more

On which continent did the first modern humans appear?

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Europe

What was one change Mansa Musa brought to Mali?

• He helped spread Islam through the empire

• He required all his subjects to be Christian

• He closed all schools and libraries in the empire

• He forced people to start peaking Arabic

What role did the griots play in West African society?

• They were rulers

• They preserved history and traditions

• They collected taxes

• They were warriors

The region known as sub-Saharan Africa lies north of the Sahara Desert

• true

• false

Imperialism is

• people thought they were better than others

• the domination by one country of the political economic, or cultural life of another country or region

• one country fighting another country

People who move from place to place in search of food are called?

• nomads

• hominids

• traders

• entrepreneurs

What is a cause of Imperialism?

• economic interests

• just want new land for the fun of it

• Europe was weak and needed more land

The earliest sites where anthropologists found hominids were in

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

The blended culture that formed in East Africa by blending elements of African and Arab culture is called

• Coptic

• Swahili

• Gao

• Mali

Enslaved Africans were carried to the Americas on a trio called the

• hall

• Gold Coast

• Bantu Migration

• Middle Passage