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Unit 5 Trade + African Societies

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a commodity?

a)

A treasure that can only be found in a shipwreck

b)

A special toilet shaped like a throne

c)

An item that is valued, usually a raw material or agricultural product

d)

An unnecessary item that shows someone's high social status

2.

Which of the following defines commerce?

a)

Buying and selling of goods

b)

Watching advertisements

c)

Passing laws to protect people's money

d)

Protecting trade routes with soldiers

3.

What is the definition of linguistic

a)

related to storytelling

b)

related to language

c)

related to family groups

d)

related to culture

4.

How were the Bantu related to each other?

a)

They were blood relatives

b)

They were a trading partnership

c)

They were a linguistic group

d)

They were hunter-gatherer societies

5.

What does Sub-Saharan refer to?

a)

Places in Africa that are in the Sahara Desert

b)

Places in Africa that are north of the Sahara Desert

c)

Places in Africa that are below the Sahara Desert

d)

Places in Africa that are south of the Sahara Desert

6.

When did the Post-Classical Era occur?

a)

600 BCE to 600 CE

b)

600 CE to 1450 CE

c)

3,000 BCE to 600 BCE

d)

10,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE

7.

What is this map depicting?

a)

East African City-States

b)

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

c)

Bantu Migrations

d)

West African Empires

8.

Which trade routes are depicted in the map and what transportation method are they using to trade?

a)

Silk Road Trade, Camel Caravan

b)

Indian Ocean Trade, Shipping

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade, Camel Caravan

d)

Mediterranean Sea Trade, Shipping

9.

According to the map which trade route was controlled by the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires?

a)

Mediterranean Trade

b)

Silk Road Trade

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade

d)

Indian Ocean Trade

10.

In general, what were the Effects of the Expansion of Trade on the Silk Road, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

a)

Depopulation

b)

Spread of goods, ideas, technologies, and diseases

c)

Spread of Bantu language, iron tools, and agriculture

d)

Increased colonization

11.

Which civilization and region is Timbuktu located in?

a)

Mali Empire, West Africa

b)

Kilwa, East Africa

c)

Egypt, North Africa

d)

Spain, Western Europe

12.

Which of the following states or regions were involved in Trans-Saharan Trade?

a)

Gupta Empire in South Asia

b)

Swahili City-States in East Africa

c)

Han Dynasty in East Asia

d)

Mali Empire in West Africa

13.

Which regions traded and interacted often due to Indian Ocean Trade?

a)

West Africa, North Africa, Rome

b)

India, Arabia, East Africa

c)

Rome, Persia, China

d)

China, Mongolia, Northern Europe

14.

Which of the following technologies and ideas improved Indian Ocean Trade?

a)

Camel Caravans, caravanserai

b)

Trade cities with religious shrines

c)

Gold, Salt, precious gems

d)

Knowledge of monsoon winds, improved sails and ships, compass

15.

Which of the following religions or philosophies spread on the Silk Road?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Animism

16.

Which of the following is a major belief of Animism?

a)

People are animals and should be worshipped

b)

Animals should be worshipped as gods

c)

Spirits inhabit all natural objects and places

d)

People should only worship one god

17.

What impact did the Islam have on the Mali Empire?

a)

Salt led the Mali ruler to conquer North Africa

b)

Gold attracted Islamic conquerers from the North

c)

Mosques, universities, and libraries in Timbuktu attracted scholars

d)

The Mali ruler inflated the price of gold in Egypt

18.

Which of the following are West African Empires?

a)

Lebanon, Syria, Israel

b)

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

c)

Cities in the Niger River Valley and Nile River Valley

d)

Mogadishu, Zanzibar, Kilwa, Sofala

19.

Which one is an impact of Indian Ocean Trade in East African City-states?

a)

A lot of divorce when sailors left for work.

b)

India and Arabia conquered the cities of East Africa

c)

Destruction of monumental architecture from monsoon weather conditions

d)

Swahili language as an example of cultural diffusion and cultural assimilation