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WorksheetsUnit 8 Quiz
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What religion was practiced by the people of Axum?
Islam
Pantheism
Judaism
Coptic Christianity
Which group was indigenous to the Western part of North Africa?
Bedouins
Noks
Axumites
Berbers
All of the following are true about a non-centralized society except
characterized by autonomous villages
organized by clans
ruled by a king
ruled by a local chieftain
Describe the geography and resources of the Congo River Valley
Arid grasslands and gold deposits.
Fertile land and iron deposits
Harsh deserts and copper deposits
None of the above
All of the following are true of the Great Zimbabwe except
the name means "stone house" in the BAntu language
it was strategically located for trade
the city is still thriving in Central Africa
the stone walls were built without mortar.
The kingdom of the Congo was located just north of the mouth of the Congo River.
True
False
The kingdom of Luba was centralized and led by a king.
True
False
Which of the following is true about the economies of the kingdom of the Congo and Luba?
agriculture
manufacturing
trade
all of the above
What was the purpose of walls in the walled villages of Zimbabwe?
protect the king from invaders
protect the animals at night
protect themselves from Bantu migrants
limit trade beyond the village
How did the wealthy people in the Great Zimbabwe live?
in houses built of cement on stone foundations
of dried mud with thatched roofs
in caves decorated with rock paintings
in rock chambers
What was the main source of royal wealth
ownership of cattle
taxes on gold passing through kingdom
All of the above
None of the above
As the Bantu migrated southward toward the end of the first millennium they
waged war on the hunter gatherers that they encountered
often intermarried with the hunter gatherers that they encountered
abandoned agriculture and embraced a hunter gatherer lifestyle
all of the above
Current scholarship places African peoples at the forefront of the agricultural revolution in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE.
True
False
Africans play little or no role in the expanding global trade network of the 1st millennium CE.
True
False
Two states that emerged in the Congo River Valley were the kingdom of the Congo and Luba
True
False
Khoisan was
A language shared by two peoples of South Africa
A hunter gathering people of South Africa
An offshoot ethnic group of the Bantu peoples
Migrant peoples from Arabia to East Africa
All of the following are true of Nok pottery heads except
They were connected with religious rituals
They were connected with devotion of ancestors
They were made of iron
They were made of terra-cotta
African music included choral music and individual voices in a pattern of repetition and variation.
True
False
The monsoon winds
facilitated Indian Ocean trade
facilitated Trans-Saharan trade
Neither a nor b
Both a and b
Slavery in Africa
wars introduced by the Muslims
went back to ancient times, long before the arrival of Europeans
saved its harshest treatment for domestic and royal servants
was virtually non-existent in North Africa
Which state was the first to emerge in West Africa?
Ghana
Songhai
Zimbabwe
Kilwa
Local chieftains in villages were called
stelae
mansa
sasa
Amani
What is a savannah?
wetland
grassland
jungle
transval
What resource led to the rise of the kingdom of Ghana?
Silver
Water
Silk
Gold
The ancient Ethiopian civilization at Axum embraced this religion
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
Islam
Coptic Christianity
The land of Zanj exported
rhinoceros horn
gold
ivory
all of the above
The Sahara Desert was not always not always a desert.
True
False
Which geographic obstacle divides Africa's norther coast from the rest of the country?
Niger River
Nile River
Horn of Africa
Sahara Desert
Which group was indigenous to North Africa and served as intermediaries in the Trans-Saharan trade?
K;urds
Swahilis
Berbers
Bedouins
Many lineage systems in Africa were matrilineal.
True
False
Music was often used in religious activity in Africa.
True
False
What is a Mansa?
Chieftain of a Mali farming village
Islamic religious leader
Warlord of early kingdom
None of the above
The Egyptian form of Christianity called
Berber
Roman Catholic
Coptic
Sunni
Where did the people of Axum possibly migrate from?
Arabian Peninsula
South Africa
Western Europe
South East Asia
What is significant about the structures of the Great Zimbabwe?
The were taller than other city walls
They were the first city walls
They were built without mortar
They were ineffectual again attack
Which family of languages is spoken by the people south of the Sahara desert and Axum
Kalaharian
Nok
Bantu
Swahili
