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Ancient Africa

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was an important part of African culture?
a)
Music
b)
Dance
c)
Art
d)
All of these
2.
What negative thing developed from the African continent?
a)
Slavery
b)
Cave paintings
c)
Debt
d)
Ironworking
3.
Whose job was it to educate in African society?
a)
The moms
b)
Family and villagers
c)
Witch doctors
d)
No one
4.
Tracing family through the mother's line is called:
a)
Patrilineal
b)
Matrilineal
c)
Sisterlineal
d)
Freemanlineal
5.
When a family of multiple generations lives together that is called....
a)
oral history
b)
extended family
c)
slavery 
d)
matrilineal
6.
What two valuable ingredients often led to power for the Ancient African civilizations?
a)
gold and silver
b)
salt and pepper
c)
Salt and gold
d)
ivory and silk
7.
Which of the following was NOT a religion in Ancient Africa?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Tribal Religions
d)
Buddhism
8.
People that passed down the African stories through oral history are called
a)
Sheik
b)
Swahili
c)
Clan
d)
Griots
9.
This famous Mali leader was known as the richest man in the ancient world. He was...
a)
Queen Nzinga
b)
Askia
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Ibn Battuta
10.
Which of the following was an important landform that limited the development of civilizations until conquered by the camel and the Berbers?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Savannah
c)
Rainforest
d)
the Great Zimbabwe