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Medieval Africa

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What revolutionized trade across the Sahara Desert?

a)

boats

b)

horses

c)

camels

d)

trains

2.

A group of people descended from the same ancestor is a

a)

generation

b)

clan

c)

community

d)

team

3.

An area of high flat land is a

a)

plateau

b)

mesa

c)

hill

d)

peninsula

4.

What religion did King Ezana of Axum help bring to Africa?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

5.

Who used his pilgrimage to showcase his empire of Mali?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

King Ezana

c)

Nefertiti

d)

Sundiata

6.

Huge farms that grow a crop for sale are called

a)

griots

b)

Swahili

c)

plantations

d)

bazaar

7.

An empire in the African rain forest was called

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Benin

8.

What is one reason Ghana grew wealthy?

a)

farming techniques

b)

strong education

c)

kept a big army with iron weapons

d)

weak leadership

9.

Who did Sundiata of Mali put in charge of provinces?

a)

family members

b)

generals

c)

tax collectors

d)

mayors

10.

What led to the growth of centralized government in West Africa?

a)

the emergence of large empires

b)

large farms

c)

strong trade

d)

crime

11.

What was the culture and language of East Africa?

a)

Songhai

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Swahili

12.

African storytellers are called

a)

griots

b)

priests

c)

shaman

d)

author

13.

What happened along the banks of both the Niger and Nile Rivers?

a)

forest fires

b)

erosion

c)

civilizations grew up

d)

people traveled

14.

How did Sunni Ali conquer the Berbers?

a)

by controlling economic resources

b)

by poisoning their leaders

c)

by converting them to Islam

d)

by seizing their gold mines

15.

What changed the nature of slavery in Africa?

a)

a drought

b)

raids of neighboring villages

c)

famine

d)

the arrival of the Europeans

16.

What religion spread from Arabia into Africa beginning in the A.D. 600's?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Daoism

d)

Christianity

17.

What type of culture traces its descent through its mothers?

a)

matrilineal

b)

patrilinial

c)

omnilineal

d)

terelineal

18.
Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Egypt
19.
Mansa Musa is most famous for..?
a)
converting to Christianity
b)
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
c)
ruling Songhai
d)
not being an efficient leader
20.
Salt was a biologically important mineral found where in Africa?
a)
Northern Sahara desert
b)
the rainforest
c)
Zimbabwe
d)
the sahel
21.
Mecca and Medina are important cities to which religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Judaism
22.
The very important set of trade routes in Northern Africa were the ____ trade routes.
a)
Silk Road
b)
Trans-Sahara
c)
Sub-Sahara
d)
Asiatic
23.
Ghana grew very rich after they took over the ___________ trade routes.
a)
trans-saharan
b)
silk road
c)
sub-saharan
d)
european
24.
What important thing do Sundiata and Mansa Musa have in common?
a)
both converted to Islam
b)
both took the hajj
c)
both ruled the kingdom of Mali
d)
both were Christians
25.
Which river would have been the MOST used by the West African kingdoms?
a)
Nile
b)
Niger
c)
Tigris
d)
Euphrates
26.
Which kingdom broke free from Mali, created an Islamic empire, and then conquered Mali?
a)
Songhai
b)
Ghana
c)
Egypt
d)
Mali
27.
People in North Africa were able to control the trade of which important mineral?
a)
salt
b)
gold
c)
slaves
d)
silver
28.
Which kingdom came into power after Ghana?
a)
Mali
b)
Songhai
c)
Egypt
d)
Ghana Dos 
29.

What led to more contact with North Africa?

a)

Diamonds

b)

Fish

c)

Gold

d)

Ivory

30.

This group of people brought Islam to West Africa?

a)

Berbers

b)

Chinese

c)

Kongolese

d)

Italians

31.

Gold from West Africa influenced what European historic event?

a)

Age of Exploration

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

Scientific Revolution

32.

Between 1000 BC and AD 1100 which group of people migrated throughout Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

Berbers

c)

Xhosa

d)

Zulu

33.

Ethiopians built churches in the shape of what?

a)

Chickens

b)

Crosses

c)

Moon

d)

Stars of David

34.

Which of these African kingdoms did NOT embrace Christianity?

a)

Aksum

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Kilwa

d)

Kongo

35.

This is a connection among people by blood, marriage or adoption?

a)

Kinship Groups

b)

Labor Specialization

c)

Pilgrimage

d)

Vegetation Zone

36.

This is the written language that was brought to West Africa by the Berbers?

a)

Arabic

b)

Ge'ez

c)

Niger

d)

Swahili

37.

What city was founded by Sundiata?

a)

Gao

b)

Kumbala

c)

Saint George

d)

Timbuktu

38.

Which city did Mansa Musa take his pilgrimage to?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Mecca

c)

Medina

d)

Timbuktu

39.

What language developed when Arabic and Bantu fused?

a)

Andalusian

b)

Ge'ez

c)

Niger

d)

Swahili

40.

Who was the king of the Kongo that converted to Roman Catholicism?

a)

Alfonso I

b)

Alfredo II

c)

Bazinga

d)

Zinga

41.

Which religious figures do the kings of Ethiopia claim descent from?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jezebel

c)

King Solomon

d)

Queen of Sheba

42.

Which two countries adopted Christianity before the Roman Empire?

a)

Aardvark

b)

Aksum

c)

Andalusia

d)

Armenia

43.

What North African group destroyed the empire of Songhai?

a)

Ghana

b)

England

c)

Morocco

d)

Zimbabwe

44.
Sub-Saharan people were polytheistic. They Practiced _________, a religion in which
spirits exist in nature & play a role in daily life.
a)
Animism
b)
Sikhism
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhism
45.
The mix of Bantu African & Arab cultures led to a new language that developed called _______________
a)
Swahili
b)
Farsi
c)
Afrikans
d)
Shona
46.
The gold-salt trade connected ________& _________ Africa
a)
North & West
b)
North & South
c)
East & West
d)
West & South
47.
The gold-salt trade increased ____________ with Muslim merchants in North & West Africa
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Tension
c)
Hatred
d)
Tolerance
48.
Medieval West African societies were transformed by two powerful forces which were...?
a)
Trade; Islam
b)
Trade; Christianity
c)
Climate Change; Trade
d)
Christianity; Islam
49.
This kingdom had an important trading port on the Red Sea.
a)
Axum
b)
Zimbabwe
c)
Ghana
d)
Mali
50.
Arab traders would cross the Red Sea to trade with Africa using boats called _______.
a)
dhows
b)
minarets
c)
triremes
d)
faering
51.
Axum exported ivory, incense, and _______ to the Arabian Peninsula.
a)
enslaved people
b)
gold
c)
salt
d)
butter
52.
A great southern African trading port was _________.
a)
Zimbabwe
b)
Zanzibar
c)
Zelda
d)
Egypt
53.
This river helped Zimbabwe become a strong trading kingdom. 
a)
Congo River
b)
Nile River
c)
Zambezi River
d)
Niger River
54.
Zimbabwe was known for trading minerals like gold and ________.
a)
copper
b)
tin
c)
silver
d)
bronze
55.
Zimbabwe was also a major trader of ___________.
a)
enslaved people
b)
salt
c)
trees
d)
animal furs
56.

Tribute is

a)

a payment made for protection or as a sign of submission

b)

a payment made for groceries

c)

a payment made for home-building

57.

A sultan is

a)

a king or ruler of a Muslim state or country

b)

a king or ruler of a Christian state or country

c)

a king or ruler of a Jewish state or country

58.

Which group brought Christianity to Ethiopia in East Africa?

a)

Egyptian soldiers in the 100s A.D.

b)

Traders and missionaries from the Mediterranean region in the 300s A.D.

c)

Portuguese missionaries in the late 1400s

d)

Arab and Italian diplomats to the region in the late 1880s

59.

What city became a center for the slave trade in East Africa?

a)

Zootopia

b)

Zanzibar

c)

Zoolanderville

d)

San Diego

60.

What does the word "Swahili" mean in Arabic?

a)

forest dweller

b)

nomad wanderer

c)

one who herds animals

d)

one who lives on the coast

61.

Where are the majority of the Swahili people founded?

a)

the Sahel

b)

East Africa

c)

North Africa

d)

South Africa

62.

This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

a)

Mecca

b)

Rome

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Timbuktu

63.

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

a)

millet

b)

salt

c)

books

d)

textiles

64.
How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?
a)
by selling salt
b)
by converting to Islam
c)
by taxing trade
d)
by trading camels
65.

The Sahara Desert is located in the northern section of

a)

East Africa

b)

West Africa

c)

South Africa

d)

Europe

66.
Trade routes to Asia, Mansa Musa's pilgrimage, and architectures building mosques are reasons for the arrival of what religion to West Africa.
a)
Christianity
b)
Catholicism
c)
Protestantism
d)
Islam
67.
Which of the following is West Africa's longest and most important river?
a)
Senegal River
b)
Nile River
c)
Niger River
d)
Black Volta River
68.
Which of the following correctly lists the climate zones of West Africa from north to south?
a)
arid desert, semiarid Sahel, savanna, rain forest
b)
rain forest, savanna, semiarid Sahel, arid desert
c)
savanna, rain forest, semiarid Sahel, arid desert
d)
semiarid desert, rain forest, savanna, arid desert
69.

These are the two valuable trade goods that made West Africa rich

a)

gold and salt

b)

silk and jade

c)

spices and tea

d)

silk and gold

70.

Mansa Musa became famous during the Hajj he took to...

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Cairo

d)

Timbuktu

71.

A caravan is

a)

a group of people or animals traveling together on a long journey especially through the desert

b)

a car that is large and shaped like a van

c)

giving money or goods to a ruler or country for protection

72.

A pilgrimage is a

a)

a journey to a holy place

b)

person who attended the first Thanksgiving

c)

a group of people or animals traveling on a long journey

73.
What nation invaded Songhai (using guns) and brought an end to Songhai kingdom?
a)
Arabia
b)
Ghana
c)
Israel
d)
Morocco

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