WH Fall Benchmark

What happened around 1000 B.C. in Nubia?

• Nubia was conquered by Egypt.

• Nubia began trading with Europe.

• Nubia freed itself from Egyptian control and became the state of Kush.

• Nubia established the first university.

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Who was the Islamic ruler of Mali that went on a pilgrimage to Makkah with a large caravan?

• Sundiata Keita

• Askia Muhammad

• Mansa Musa

• Sonni Ali

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What were the 3 largest West African Empires?

• Songhai, Mali, and Nigeria
• Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
• Ghana, Songhai, and Bachwezi
• Aksum, Ghana, Mali

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What were the main trade items between the North Africans and the Wangarans?

• Salt and Gold
• Copper and Lumber
• Silver and Gold
• Salt and Pepper

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What geographic feature in northern Africa limited Western African civilizations contact with Europe and Asia?

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Sahara Desert

• Senegal River

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The trading network in Ghana also spread ____________ south of the Sahara.

• Salt

• Christianity

• Islam

• Iron

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Match the term with its correct description

• Kush

• Africa's first civilization.

• Lineage Groups

• Nomads who used camels for trade became known as “fleets of the desert.”

• Matrilineal Societies

• A larger community of extended families with common ancestors.

• Agricultural Revolution

• When people from Africa began taming animals and grow crops.

• Berbers

• People trace descent through the mother.

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The samurai of Japan were a new class of military servants whose purpose was to

• Protect the emperor and his government from all threats

• Remain ever vigilant and ready to defend Japan from invaders

• Protect the security and property of their employers

• Maintain law and order throughout the land, constantly traveling from village to village

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Use the map to answer the following question. Which geographic features had the greatest influence on the development of the Southeast Asia kingdoms?

• Straits, jungles, rivers

• Straits, peninsulas, mountains

• Mountains, jungles, coastlines

• Straits, peninsulas, coastlines

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Match the following descriptions with its correct term.

• Mongols

• Southeast Asian empire that united the Khmer people and had god kings as their rulers

• Angkor

• Military leader of Japan that ruled through power of samurai and daimyo

• Tang

• Muslim state that controlled northern India during the 1200s

• Shogun

• Chinese dynasty that ruled from 618-907 and invented gunpowder and the block printing

• Sultanate of Delhi

• Empire of nomadic horse warriors led by Genghis Khan who conquered vast areas of Eurasia that stretched from China to Eastern Europe

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