African Society and Culture

In early Africa, most people worked as ________.

• ironworkers

• farmers

• traders

• fishermen

Different ______ languages are spoken by over 200 million African people today because their community grew and moved from West Africa to the east and south.

• Swahili

• African

• Saharan

• Bantu

Besides being a wife and mother, what other important job did women have in early African societies?

• Traders

• Hunters

• Pottery makers

• Teachers

Why did Queen Njinga spend nearly 30 years in battle? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• She wanted to keep the Portuguese from invading her kingdom.

• She was attempting to conquer a neighboring kingdom.

• She was trying to keep her kingdom from being involved with the slave trade.

• Men were constantly trying to remove her from power because they didn't think a woman should rule.

What major parts of society took place mainly in African cities? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• education

• religious services

• trading

• government

What are two things that African girls were taught to do in ancient times?

• hunting and blacksmithing

• housework and some agriculture-related work

• housework and hunting

• fishing and how to care for children

Why did Europeans kidnap so many African people? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• They originally used Native Americans as slave labor, but so many of them died that they took people from Africa to replace them.

• Europeans fought and won some major wars with African countries and took their soldiers as prisoners.

• They wanted powerful, young, warriors from Africa to be a part of their military and help them conquer more land.

• They wanted to have people to work on plantations in the Caribbean, North America, and South America.

What impact did the slave trade have on Africa?

• There was a great decrease in the number of people living in African countries.

• African cities grew wealthy selling their people to the Europeans.

• Many Africans moved to Europe to hide and avoid being forced into slavery.

• None of these.

According to the textbook, which of the following was NOT served by African arts?

• the military

• economics

• religion

• cooking techniques

What genres of music were influenced by African music? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• Heavy metal

• Hip-hop/Rap

• Blues

• Rock & Roll