Ancient Africa

Aksum developed a written language called

• Ge'ez

• Hangul
• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics

The Dutch and the British settled the western coast of Africa.

• True

• False

The Great Zimbabwe was a large zimbabwe that may have been a king’s palace.

• true

• false

Whose migration route did linguists trace from the Benue River to southern Africa?

• Bantu people
• Dravidian people
• Khoisan people
• Nilo-Saharan people

What civilization did King Ezana influence by making Christianity its official religion?

• Ghana

• Aksum

• Tuareg

• Bantu

Who made Mali an empire by conquering Ghana and taking control of the gold and salt trade?

• Sundiata Keita

• Mansa Muso
• Sunni Ali

Where was Songhai’s center of Islamic faith and learning located?

• Cairo
• Timbuktu
• Mecca
• Baghdad

Which ruler was not a subject of African legends?

• Emperor Shaka
• Queen Nefertiti
• King Tut
• Mansa Musa

What were two similarities of the independent cities of eastern Africa’s coast?

• They spoke click languages and dressed in dark blue cloth.

• They spoke Greek and valued the camel.

• They spoke Swahili and adopted the religion of Islam.

In what parts of Africa did Christianity spread through the efforts of European missionaries?

• western and eastern

• Northern and Eastern

• central and southern