Final Review

Which was NOT a method of state-building used by the Inca empire?

• Travel infrastructure

• Military threat

• Bureaucratic officials

• City-state independence

Which of the following is a potential LIMITATION for a primary source?

• Author strongly motivated by a particular agenda

• Author had firsthand knowledge of the events described

• Document was produced during the events

• Document captures multiple potential points of view

What is a griot?

• Storyteller preserving African history

• Muslim temple found in East Africa

• Coin used as currency in Mali empire

• Ship used by Indian Ocean merchants

Which is true of the study of American history prior to 1450?

• We have lots of rich sources written before European arrival.

• It's impossible to know anything about the Americas before colonization.

• Historians focus most on societies with large states and empires.

• Native peoples had no history before 1450.

By 1450, what portion of Africans lived in empires?

• Almost all

• Most

• About half

• Very few

Ibn Battuta's account of the Mali Empire particularly illustrates the empire's...

• Strong networks of infrastructure

• Support for and regulation of trade

• Sophisticated bureaucracy

• Association of the emperor with God

What is Eurocentrism?

• Understanding the world only in relation to European "superiority."

• European religions and cultural traditions that spread around the world.

• Belief that Central Europe was more important that Western or Eastern Europe.

• Europeans' ability to dominate the global economy before 1450.

Who was known for spreading Islam throughout West Africa?

• Jeff Bazos

• Charlemagne

• King Mansa Musa

• Donald Trump

The 2 resources in Western Africa used for trade were ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   .

• salt
• gold
• sugar
• silver

A Muslim is a person who follows ​ (a)   .

• Islam
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Deism