AP African American Studies Quiz: Topics 2.1–2.6

Which West African empire became wealthy by controlling gold-salt trade routes?

• Kongo

• Mali

• Benin

• Great Zimbabwe

Mansa Musa is best known for:

• Leading a major slave rebellion

• Creating a written code of laws

• His pilgrimage to Mecca and wealth distribution

• Forming the Atlantic Creole community

Which of the following best describes Timbuktu during its height?

• A. A military port

• B. A center of learning and scholarship

• C. A slave fortress owned by Portugal

• D. A center for plantation agriculture

Which group played a major role as griots, preserving oral history?

• Muslim clerics

• European traders

• West African storytellers and historians

• Enslaved sailors

Which European nation first dominated early Atlantic slave trading?

• France

• England

• Portugal

• The Netherlands

The Middle Passage refers to:

• The route between Europe and Africa

• The journey enslaved Africans endured across the Atlantic

• Escape routes used by maroons

• Migration routes inside West Africa

Which is a major cultural retention found in the African Diaspora?

• European naming traditions

• African-derived musical rhythms

• Scandinavian storytelling

• Asian rice-cultivation techniques

The major impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on West Africa was:

• Increase in population

• Political stability

• Gender imbalance and demographic change

• Decline of European power

Which of the following was a form of everyday resistance?

• Ship mutinies

• Legal petitions

• Work slowdown and sabotage

• Forming independent maroon kingdoms

Which African kingdom captured and sold captives in exchange for European firearms?

• Maya

• Ashanti

• Inca

• Egypt