Final Exam Key Terms

What are African storytellers who memorized and shared their people's ancestry and traditions called?

• Griots

• Shamans

• Pharaohs

• Scribes

What is the name of the band of plains located between the Sahara Desert and the tropical forests?

• Sahel

• Kalahari

• Savanna

• Atlas

What is the term for trade routes across the Sahara Desert using caravans, primarily with camels, for the exchange of goods like gold and salt?

• Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade

• Silk Road Trade

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Indian Ocean Spice Trade

What were slave soldiers who rose to rule Egypt called?

• Mamluks

• Janissaries

• Samurai

• Vikings

What is an Islamic kingdom ruled by a sultan called?

• Sultanate

• Caliphate

• Emirate

• Sheikhdom

What was the name for Egypt when it was a province of the Ottoman Empire?

• Egypt Eyalet

• Egypt Vilayet

• Mamluk Sultanate

• Kingdom of Egypt

What is the name of the castle doorway facing the ocean where enslaved Africans passed through to board waiting ships?

• Door of No Return

• Golden Gate

• Freedom Arch

• Liberty Passage

What was the major conflict in Europe primarily fought between Catholic and Protestant forces called?

• Thirty Years' War

• Hundred Years' War

• Napoleonic Wars

• War of the Roses

What is the name of the series of peace treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War and had significant impacts on European sovereignty and international relations?

• Peace of Westphalia

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Congress of Vienna

What is the system of government where rulers claim absolute power, often believing their authority comes directly from God?

• Absolutism

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Republic