Africa

Gender roles are part of a culture. Which of the following were social characteristics of West Africa?

• Women were the main farmers.
• Family heritage was traced through the mother.
• Women were elected to important government positions. 
• Women had no role at all.

Which of the following are government characteristics of the Songhai kingdom?

• professional armies

• specialized government offices

• taxed the trade routes

• checks and balances

Which TWO resources are most common in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Diamonds

• Precious metals

• Natural Gas

• Coal

For thousands of Years, the hot, dry Sahara isolated North Africa from the rest of the continent.

*** Then the ____________ Tribe of North Africa found ways to cross the desert to West Africa. (ISLAMIC)

• Berber

• Bantu

• Banna

• Balla

Once the berber make it into West Africa people of West Africa adopt the _____________ religion?

• Swahili

• African

• Christian

• Muslim

Which of these is the region of West Africa

• A
• B
• C
• D

Mansa Musa's most significant fact is that he?

• Was Islamic

• Was Rich

• Was from Mali

• Traveled to Mecca spreading the Islamic religion all throughout West Africa and the Sahara

Nationalism is:

• A. A sense of belonging that is based on the constitution.

• B. Loyalty to a group with whom one shares a common history, culture, or religion.

• C. Loyalty based on geographic location only.

• D. A feeling of belonging to a group that is highly educated & wealthy.

What city in Mali became a center of learning, religion, and art?

• Timbuktu

• Cairo

• Rome

• Athens

Spread of one culture into another?

• Cultural Infusion

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Solution

• Cultural Collusion