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Africa Unit Quiz Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An item that has been discovered from an older civilization

a)

Artifact

b)

Smelting

c)

Tribute

d)

Matrilineal

2.

A family line traced through the mother

a)

trans-Saharan trade

b)

Smelting

c)

Tribute

d)

Matrilineal

3.

The process of melting ore to produce iron and other metals

a)

Artifact

b)

Tribute

c)

Smelting

d)

trans-Saharan trade

4.

Payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission

a)

Tribute

b)

trans-Saharan trade

c)

Smelting

d)

Artifact

5.

Trade between North and West Africans

a)

Artifact

b)

trans-Saharan trade

c)

Smelting

d)

Tribute

6.

In what way did the different vegetation/climate zones effect West Africa?

a)

Most people lived in one zone

b)

People from different zones were forced to trade with each other

c)

Most of the people lived as nomads

d)

People from different zones spoke different languages

7.

What helped support people, animals, crops and vegetation in the savanna and rain forest zones of West Africa?

a)

The Desert

b)

Friendly People

c)

Rivers

d)

Hope and Optimism

8.

What is the correct process that allowed communities to develop into kingdoms and empires?

a)

community/village-kingdom/empire-town/city

b)

town/city-community/village-kingdom/empire

c)

city-village-community-kingdom/empire

d)

community/village-town/city-kingdom/empire

9.

Which of the following made West African farming more efficient and easy?

a)

Iron tools

b)

Improved seeds

c)

Terraced hills

d)

Irrigation systems

10.

Which of the following is NOT a change that town/cities saw due to iron tools?

a)

it allowed people to focus on making handcrafted goods

b)

it led to the surplus of food

c)

it increased trade

d)

it made people happier

11.

How did Ghana benefit from the trans-Saharan trade?

a)

they got access to camels

b)

they were able to meet new people

c)

they were able to take control of other empires

d)

they were able to become wealthy by taxing the traders for gold

12.

In addition to the introduction of camels, which of the following supported the growth of the trans-Saharan trade?

a)

Spread of Islam

b)

Discovery of Salt

c)

Population increase

d)

Nomadic stories

13.

NORTH Africans wanted which product?

a)

Salt

b)

Gold

14.

WEST Africans wanted which product?

a)

Salt

b)

Gold

15.

Which of the following are advantages to the silent barter system? (CHOOSE TWO)

a)

It kept the Wagarans gold mines a secret

b)

People did not want to speak to each other

c)

It was a sign of respect

d)

People who spoke different languages could trade

16.

True or False: Iron tools helped support the growth of towns/cities and kingdoms/empires because it created a surplus of food

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: The surplus of food freed people to make handcrafted goods

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: The handcrafted goods then sparked trade with other villages, bringing more wealth and people to the area leading to the growth of towns and cities

a)

True

b)

False