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Medieval Africa

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What led to more contact with North Africa?

a)

Diamonds

b)

Fish

c)

Gold

d)

Ivory

2.

The storytellers of Africa are known as?

a)

Eloks

b)

Fishers of Men

c)

Galagos

d)

Griots

3.

A tropical grassland is?

a)

Land of Lakes

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rainforest

4.

Zimbabwe means?

a)

Castles of Awesome

b)

Houses of Stone

c)

Igloos of Cold

d)

Skyscrapers of Height

5.

The kingdom of Ghana is named after who?

a)

Their King

b)

Their Duke

c)

Their Sultan

d)

Their Shah

6.

This group of people brought Islam to West Africa?

a)

Berbers

b)

Chinese

c)

Kongolese

d)

Italians

7.

Which North African group took over Ghana in 1076?

a)

Almoravids

b)

Berbers

c)

Malians

d)

Songhai

8.

Which of these empires formed where the Kingdom of Ghana use to exist?

a)

Kilwa

b)

Kongo

c)

Mali

d)

Zimbabwe

9.

Which religious figure was Mansa Musa named after?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Moses

d)

Muhammad

10.

Gold from West Africa influenced what European historic event?

a)

Age of Exploration

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

Scientific Revolution

11.

In 1324 Mansa Musa did NOT bring this with him on his pilgrimage to Mecca?

a)

80 Camels

b)

300 pounds of Gold

c)

500 Yaks

d)

12,000 Slaves

12.

Between 1000 BC and AD 1100 which group of people migrated throughout Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

Berbers

c)

Xhosa

d)

Zulu

13.

Great Zimbabwe traded with places as far away as?

a)

Australia

b)

China

c)

Newfoundland

d)

Yucatan

14.

Which European country defeated the Mutapa Empire?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

United Kingdom

15.

Benin and Ile-Ife were located in what vegetation zone?

a)

Deserts

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforsts

d)

Tundra

16.

Ethiopians built churches in the shape of what?

a)

Chickens

b)

Crosses

c)

Moon

d)

Stars of David

17.

Which of these African kingdoms did NOT embrace Christianity?

a)

Aksum

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Kilwa

d)

Kongo

18.

Which of these empires did NOT embrace Islam?

a)

Ghana

b)

Ife-Ile

c)

Kilwa

d)

Mali

e)

Songhai

19.

Pick these African empires that were religiously Traditional African Religions.

a)

Benin

b)

Ghana

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Mali

20.

Great Zimbabwe was founded by this group of people?

a)

Shona

b)

Swazils

c)

Xhosa

d)

Zulu

21.

This is a connection among people by blood, marriage or adoption?

a)

Kinship Groups

b)

Labor Specialization

c)

Pilgrimage

d)

Vegetation Zone

22.

When people focus on specific types of work?

a)

Kinship Groups

b)

Labor Specialization

c)

Pilgrimage

d)

Vegetation Zone

23.

This is a region with specific types of plants?

a)

Kinship Groups

b)

Labor Specialization

c)

Pilgrimage

d)

Vegetation Zone

24.

What is the large desert that covers North Africa?

a)

Atacama

b)

Mojave

c)

Namib

d)

Sahara

25.

This is the major river of Western Africa?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Niger

c)

Nile

d)

Zambezi

26.

This is the written language that was brought to West Africa by the Berbers?

a)

Arabic

b)

Ge'ez

c)

Niger

d)

Swahili

27.

What city was founded by Sundiata?

a)

Gao

b)

Kumbala

c)

Saint George

d)

Timbuktu

28.

Which city did Mansa Musa take his pilgrimage to?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Mecca

c)

Medina

d)

Timbuktu

29.

The city of Kilwa was founded by these two groups of people?

a)

Arabs

b)

Ethiopians

c)

Persians

d)

Zimbabweans

30.

What language developed when Arabic and Bantu fused?

a)

Andalusian

b)

Ge'ez

c)

Niger

d)

Swahili

31.

Who was the king of the Kongo that converted to Roman Catholicism?

a)

Alfonso I

b)

Alfredo II

c)

Bazinga

d)

Zinga

32.

The Kingdom of the Kongo declined because of this?

a)

Disease

b)

Environmental Disaster

c)

Slavery

d)

War

33.

Which religious figures do the kings of Ethiopia claim descent from?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jezebel

c)

King Solomon

d)

Queen of Sheba

34.

What artifacts survived from the Benin Empire?

a)

Bronze Plaques

b)

Bronze Statues

c)

Copper Knives

d)

Copper Swords

35.

Which two countries adopted Christianity before the Roman Empire?

a)

Aardvark

b)

Aksum

c)

Andalusia

d)

Armenia

36.

Who was the African queen who fought against the Portuguese over slavery?

a)

A'isha

b)

Nzinga

c)

Queen of Sheba

d)

Theodora

37.

The Ajuran Sultanate was what kind of empire?

a)

Desertification

b)

Landlock

c)

Maritime

d)

Oceanic

38.

Which empire(s) were located in blue?

a)

Aksum and Ethiopia

b)

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Kongo

39.

Which empire(s) were located in purple?

a)

Ajuran Sultanate

b)

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Kongo

40.

Which empire(s) were located in gray?

a)

Benin

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Kongo

41.

Which empire(s) were located in red?

a)

Aksum and Ethiopia

b)

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

c)

Great Zimbabwe

d)

Kongo

42.

Which empire(s) were located in yellow?

a)

Aksum and Ethiopia

b)

Ghana, Mali and Songhai

c)

Great Zimbabwe

d)

Kongo

43.

Which empire(s) were located in pink?

a)

Benin

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Kongo

44.

Which empire(s) were located in green?

a)

Benin

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Ile-Ife

d)

Kongo

45.

What empire did Sundiata found?

a)

Ghana

b)

Kongo

c)

Mali

d)

Songhai

46.

What North African group destroyed the empire of Songhai?

a)

Ghana

b)

England

c)

Morocco

d)

Zimbabwe

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