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Axum/Trade Simulation/Mali Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the major king of Axum who converted to Christianity?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Ezana

c)

Ge'ez

d)

Taghaza

2.

What were the major exports of Axum?

a)

Gold, Salt, and Ivory

b)

Frankincense, Rhino Horn, and Ivory

c)

Horses, Glassware, and Jewelry

d)

Gold, Iron, and Salt

3.

Which modern-day countries are most associated with Mali?

a)

Ethiopia and Eritrea

b)

Egypt and Sudan

c)

Nigeria and Senegal

d)

South Africa and Zimbabwe

4.

What language diffused into Axum?

a)

Greek

b)

Arabic

c)

Ge'ez

d)

Sonnike

5.

What is a traditional language of West Africa?

a)

Greek

b)

Arabic

c)

Ge'ez

d)

Sonnike

6.

What is the religion that diffused into Mali?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Polytheistic religion

d)

Ancient Egyptian

7.

What is evidence that culture diffused into Mali?

a)

Mansa Musa had a lot of gold

b)

Mansa Musa took over the cities of Timbuktu and Gao

c)

Taghaza had a lot of salt

d)

Mansa Musa built universities in Timbuktu that had books written in Arabic.

8.

What is evidence that culture diffused into Axum?

a)

The building of mosques in the port city of Adulis

b)

Ezana putting Christian crosses and Greek letters on his coins

c)

Mansa Musa making a pilgrimage to Mecca

d)

People speaking Ge'ez in Axum

9.

Which peoples were trading partners with Axum?

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Byzantines

d)

Russians

e)

Irish

10.

In the Trade Simulation, why was it helpful to be a centrally located city like Gao or Kilwa?

a)

Because you had more goods at the beginning

b)

Because you could collect taxes from many cities

c)

Because people liked you and thought your city was cool

d)

Because you were guaranteed to cross the Sahara desert

11.

In the Trade Simulation, why did Cairo have more than one good?

a)

Because they stole goods from other cities

b)

Because they were on the Nile River

c)

Because they were connected to places in Europe and Asia

d)

Because they were the oldest city

12.

In the Trade Simulation, what kinds of culture diffused?

a)

Goods like horses, kola nuts, and cloth

b)

Islam

c)

Spoken Swahili language

d)

Hospitality actions such as serving kola nuts

e)

Music, art, and poetry in Swahili

13.

Who was the major king of Mali who converted to Islam?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Ezana

c)

Ge'ez

d)

Taghaza

14.

What were the major exports of Mali?

a)

Gold, Salt, and Wood

b)

Frankincense, Rhino Horn, and Ivory

c)

Horses, Glassware, and Jewelry

d)

Gold, Rhino Horn, and Salt

15.

What language diffused into Mali?

a)

Greek

b)

Arabic

c)

Ge'ez

d)

Sonnike

16.

What is evidence that culture diffused into Axum?

a)

Ezana converted to Christianity

b)

Ezana became Pharaoh of Egypt

c)

People spoke Ge'ez throughout Axum

d)

Frankincense was a major export of Axum

17.

Which cities were trading partners with Mali?

a)

Taghaza

b)

Wangara

c)

Cairo

d)

Rome

e)

Baghdad

18.

Which of these describes life in traditional Mali?

a)

Mansa Musa converted to Islam

b)

Religion was based on honoring ancestors and worshiping multiple gods and spirits

c)

People had many horses and valuable luxury goods from the Islamic Empire

d)

People were without gold

19.

How did culture diffuse in Africa most of the time between 100 CE and 1500 CE? (select all that apply)

a)

TRADE

b)

TRADE

c)

TRADE

d)

TRADE