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Worksheets6th Grade Ch. 11 Civilizations of Africa
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the largest desert in Africa and in the world?
a)
Songhai
b)
the Sahara
c)
the savanna
d)
Swahili
2.
The Bantu-speaking people migrated because they were looking for ?
a)
better farmland and better grazing.
b)
better weather conditions.
c)
gold and salt.
d)
the coast, so that they could trade.
3.
What did the Bantu-speaking people spread across Africa as they migrated?
a)
Christianity.
b)
bronze making skills.
c)
Islam.
d)
their language and culture.
4.
What item did the people of West Africa usually trade to get salt?
a)
bronze
b)
water
c)
gold
d)
silk
5.
? is a mass movement of people.
a)
City-state
b)
Clan
c)
Migration
d)
Swahili
6.
? is a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor.
a)
Aksum
b)
Clan
c)
Ghana
d)
Mali
7.
? is a city that is also a separate, independent state.
a)
City-state
b)
Swahili
c)
Migration
d)
Aksum
8.
? is an area of gently rolling land covered by grasses.
a)
Savanah
b)
Mali
c)
Plateau
d)
Savanna
9.
? is Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African coast.
a)
Bantu-ta
b)
Swahili
c)
Aksum
d)
Islamic
10.
Most of the gold that was brought to the Swahili city-states came from ?
a)
Great Zimbabwe.
b)
Ethiopia.
c)
Kenya.
d)
Portugal.
11.
Kilwa was a Muslim city that thrived because of ?
a)
offshore fishing.
b)
trade with foreign lands.
c)
raising yams.
d)
Swahili scholars.
12.
During the A.D. 300's, what became of the official religion of Aksum?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Christianity
d)
Swahili
13.
Mansa Musa wanted Mali to be a leading center of?
a)
Muslim learning.
b)
military power.
c)
Christian learning.
d)
agriculture.
14.
What did Sundiata accomplish?
a)
He founded the kingdom of Ghana.
b)
He made Islam the official religion of Mali.
c)
He conquered the people of Songhai.
d)
He made Mali the most powerful kingdom in West Africa.
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