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Medieval Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city was this?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Christmas

c)

Axum

d)

Zimbabwe

2.

In Zimbabwe, What things made the economy strong?

*hint more than one answer

a)

made trade routes with coastal communities

b)

killed everyone in their path

c)

had improving farming

3.

What was Ethiopia religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

4.

What size was the Songhai Empire in and what direction?

a)

smallest, southern

b)

northern, huge

c)

western, largest

d)

Not in Africa

5.

How did the Songhai Empire fall?

a)

invaded by invaders from Morocco

b)

killed by smallpoxes

c)

a storm killed everyone

6.

True or False:

Songhai Empire had trade and education

a)

true

b)

false

7.

What civilization used the script Ge'ez?

a)

Ghana

b)

Songhai

c)

Axum

8.

Where did the Axum trade?

*more than one answer

a)

Africa

b)

India

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Zimbabwe

9.

The capital of the Byzantine Empire is called

a)

Baghdad

b)

Damascus

c)

Constantinople

10.

Is it true that the Byzantine empire fell by the nika riots?

a)

no

b)

yes

11.

What is NOT true about the Umayyad Caliphate?

a)

spread islam

b)

camels and horse cavalry

c)

had no tolerates for different religions

d)

stretched from the Spain to the Indus river valley

12.

What did the Baghdad included?

a)

center learning

b)

center of trade

c)

good architecture

d)

all of the above

13.

Mali buliding is...

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Ghana

a)

First West African Kingdom and was overthrown by Muslim Merchants

b)

Largest of the West African kingdoms and was conquered by Moroccans with muskets

c)

Led by Mansa Musa and was the center for education and learning

d)

none

15.

Empress who convinced her husband to face rioters

*hint most powerful women in Byzantine history

(a)  

16.

Largest church in Constantinople

a)

Ottomans

b)

Nika

c)

Hagia Sophia

17.

What religion did the Mansa Musa follow?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

18.

What were the main two trade goods exchanged between north and west Africa?

a)

silk and tea

b)

food and medicine

c)

gold and salt

d)

spices and wool

19.

What was in the Golden Age?

*more than one answer

a)

House of Widsom

b)

Valued manufactured goods

c)

dead animals

20.

The empire used by Muslim empires in the Middle East

a)

Ottoman empire

b)

Mughal empire

c)

Byzantine empire