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Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Constitutional Monarchies operate mostly like
Dictatorships
Democracies
Oligarchies
Theocracies
Salt was an important trade good in West Africa mostly because it was used for...
Religious ceremony
Keeping animals hydrated
Preserving food
Feeding animals
The Crusades started in the 1060’s a.d. in large part when The Byzantine Empire needed help fending off the Seljuk Turks after they took over control of _______, a major religious city.
Jerusalem
Mecca
Istanbul
Constantinople
Which of these best describes the ruling style and economic system mostly utilized by Ancient Trading Kingdoms?
Constitutional monarchy and free market economy
Democracy and mixed economy
Theocracy and command economy
Feudal/Absolute Monarchy and Traditional Economy
Two famous military leaders from the Crusades included
Christian leader Moses and Muslim leader Muhammad
Christian leader Louis VIII and Muslim leader Abraham
Christian leader Edward iV and Muslim leader Siddhartha Gautama
Christian leader Richard “The Lionheart” and Muslim leader Saladin
Africa has endured 2 major slave trades throughout its history. In one, Muslims began enslaving africans as part of the _____ Slave Trade predominantly out of Southwest Asia, North, and East Africa. The other major slave trade network originating out of West Africa, in which Europeans and tribal African groups enslaved Africans and moved them to the Americas was called The ________ Slave Trade.
Trans-Atlantic/Indian Ocean-Arab
Indian Ocean-Arab/Trans-Atlantic
Mediterranean/Islamic
Indian Ocean-Arab/American
Most countries today utilize a ____________ economic system depending on the type of rule and the amount of control the government has over its citizens.
Free market/capitalist
Traditional
Command
Mixed
Merchants travelling along the desert trade routes of North Africa going to the Arab World used _______________ to carry and move goods.
Railroads
Ships
Horses
Camel Caravans
The empire of Mali reached its height under the emperor _________________. He is regarded by many as the richest person in all of human history.
Ibn Battuta
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Ashoka the Great
Which one of the following is not a type of slavery?
Free will
Domestic servant
Chattel
Indentured servitude
A ruling system in which citizens have no rights or freedoms and 1 person is in charge is called a
Constitutional monarchy
Democracy
Dictatorship
Theocracy
A style of ruling in which citizens have the power to make choices is called a
Monarchy
Democracy
free market
Dictatorship
Which of the following was NOT a result of the slave trade in West Africa?
Many enslaved Africans died from disease due to unsanitary and harsh conditions crossing the Atlantic
Africans bonded together to stop the slave trade
African families were split apart
European countries profited
The Kingdoms of West Africa grew wealthy and powerful from trading _________ and __________.
Gold and Silk
Gold and oil
Gold and Cotton
Gold and Salt
One major slave trading center in East Africa was…
Timbuktu
Cairo
Mecca
Zanzibar
North Africa was also known as the ____________?
Sultan
Ottoman
Maghreb
Empty Quarter
Which of the following was not a great trading kingdom of West Africa?
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Liberia
One goal the Kingdoms of Africa had was to trade with merchants of the Arab World and the _____________ Road network, which connected the Far East with Europe.
Mansa
Silk
Ghana
China
The spread of Islam expanded out from the city of____.
Mecca
London
Rome
Mohenjo-daro
Mansa Musa was responsible for converting a large portion of his West African kingdom to________ after returning from his pilgrimage to Mecca.
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, African slaves were most commonly captured by...
Arab traders from Southwest Asia
European merchants and leaders
Kings and merchants of the Swahili people
African tribal leaders and warlords
Slavery has existed for thousands of years and was first written about in the code of ?
Hammurabi
Leicester
Sanskrit
Mali
Which kingdom first rose to power in West Africa around A.D. 400-500?
Songhai
Kush
Mali
Ghana
Slavery is…
The practice of forcing only people from West Africa to work without pay
The practice of forcing people to pay taxes
The practice of people owning other people
The practice of people owning other people
In Ancient China and other regions, one could become a slave if
Were born into a lower caste as a part of Hinduism
Owed debt or lost a battle
Were a foreign trader who was caught selling silk
Did not convert to Islam
Which West African city thrived during the great Kingdoms of West Africa because of its center for learning and trade?
Lalibela
Timbuktu
Mecca
Cairo
Today slavery still exists in various forms and is referred to as _________________.
Triangle Trade
Chattel Slavery
Human Trafficking
Labor Internment
During the spread of Islam, The Muslims conquered ______________?
The Persian Empire
Spain
Northern Africa
All of these
The Battle of _____________ occurred in 732AD and was won by the Frankish pro Christian Europeans. It stopped the further spreading of the Islamic Empire into Europe.
Battle of Tours
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Jerusalem
