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Sheltered ELL WH Latin Am and Afr Civs

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This CITY was a center of trade across the desert of Africa

a)
Yucatan Peninsula
b)
Indigenous People
c)
Timbuktu
2.
People who lived in a place for thousands of years
a)
Yucatan Peninsula
b)
Timbuktu
c)
Indigenous
3.
The home of the Maya people in what is now Central America and Southern Mexico
a)
Western Africa
b)
Timbuktu
c)
Yucatán Peninsula
4.
An indigenous people who lived in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
a)
the Aztec
b)
the Inca
c)
the Maya
5.
An indigenous people who lived in what is now Central Mexico
a)
the Maya
b)
the Inca
c)
the Aztec
6.
An indigenous people who lived in South America from Ecuador to Central Chile
a)
the Maya
b)
the Aztecs
c)
the Inca
7.
A group of smaller individual nations that are all ruled by one larger country
a)
democracy
b)
feudalism
c)
Empire
8.
to leave behind
a)
forget
b)
reduce
c)
abandon
9.

The FOUNDER of the Mali Empire

a)
Constantine
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Sundiata
10.
One of the first universities in the world was built in
a)
Mexico
b)
Constantinople
c)
Timbuktu
11.
They were skilled in Astronomy and built pyramids
a)
Aztecs
b)
Maya
c)
both
12.
A system of messages that used knots on strings
a)
Inca
b)
Terrace Farming
c)
Quipu
13.
steps cut into the sides of mountains for planting crops
a)
Quipu
b)
Inca
c)
Terrace Farming
14.

She was one of the FOUNDERS of Aksum

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Queen of Sheba

c)

Queen Elizabeth

15.

This was the FIRST country in Africa to convert to CHRISTIANITY

a)

Swahili

b)

Mali

c)

Aksum

16.

This AFRICAN empire practiced TERRACE farming

a)

Aksum

b)

Mali

c)

Swahili

17.

WHO was at the BOTTOM of the social pyramid in AKSUM?

a)

kings and nobles

b)

artisans

c)

everybody else

18.

WHO was at the TOP of the social pyramid in AKSUM?

a)

kings and nobles

b)

artisans

c)

everybody else

19.

The empire of MALI was FOUNDED by

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

King Solomon

c)

Sundiata

20.

This WORD means EMPEROR or King of Kings in Mali

a)

pharaoh

b)

mansa

c)

dictator

21.

What RELIGION was practiced in the MALI Empire?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

22.

HE was the most famous RULER of the MALI Empire

a)

Sundiata

b)

King Solomon

c)

Mansa Musa

23.

WHO was in the MIDDLE class in the MALI Empire?

a)

artisans

b)

nobles

c)

enslaved people

24.

SWAHILI society was DIVIDED into

a)

kingdoms

b)

city-states

c)

countries

25.

What RELIGION was practiced by the SWAHILI people?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

26.

WHO was at the BOTTOM of the SWAHILI social pyramid?

a)

Arab and Persian Traders

b)

artisans

c)

enslaved people