Chapter 13 - Early African Civilizations

An area near the equator that has many trees and heavy rainfall may be called a

• tropical area

• rain forest

• savannah

• woodland

The belief that natural objects have spirits is called

• animism

• animalism

• vegetism

• naturalism

Between the Sahara and the Savannah lies the

• rain forest

• inland delta

• Zambezi

• Sahel

A spoken record of the past is

• a Soninke

• a Gao

• an oral history

• an age -set proverb

Mali's rise to power began under a ruler named

• Tunka Manin

• Sunni Ali

• Ibn Battutah

• Sundiata

A West African storyteller is

• an Almoravid

• a griot

• an arquebus

• a rift

The Muslim leader of Mali who supported education, spread Islam, and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca was

• Sunni Baru

• Askia the Great

• Mansa Musa

• Muhammad Ture

A brightly colored fabric woven in many African societies is a

• kente

• mansa

• Timbuktu

• Tuareg

How were social groups define in traditional West African cultures?

• by family and age set

• by religion and family

• by age-set, family, and religion

• by extended family only

The region in Africa of open grasslands and scattered trees is the

• griot

• Sahara

• savannah

• Sahel