WorksheetsWH Unit 3 Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following are commodities in Medieval Africa?
Salt
Gold
Iron
Potatoes
Sugar
________ helped with trade over the ________.
Camels; Sahara
Camels; Cataracts
Horses; Kalahari
Horses; Great Rift Valley
Which of the following is the ROOT LANGUAGE of many African civilizations?
Bantu
Swahili
Geez
Arabic
Reorder the following Early African civilizations.
Egypt
Nubia
Axum
Successful trade centers are close to waterways. Which waterways allowed for strong economic ties with Asia and Europe?
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Sea
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Red Sea and Dead Sea
Indian Ocean and Pacific ocean
Muslim conquerers brought _____ and Islam to North Africa.
Arabic
Math
Science
Spanish
West African societies were established
near the Senegal and Niger Rivers
near the Senegal and Nile Rivers
Near the Congo and the Niger Rivers
Near the Nile and the Niger Rivers
________ was the capital of Ghana, while ________ was the capital of Songhai.
Congo; Timbuktu
Kumbi Saleh; Gao
Timbuktu; Nok
Mali; Axum
Why was salt worth as much as gold?
It was scarce and people needed it for their health.
It made food taste good.
It was scarce and people needed it for gunpowder.
It helped with raising cattle.
It was found in the soil near rivers and it gave rise to the kingdom of Ghana.
Salt
Gold
Iron
Copper
What was influential about Mansa Musa?
Introduced Mali to European powers
Shared his Islamic beliefs
Created ties to other Muslim States
Created the Islamic University in Timbuktu
Brought Islam to South Africa
Who was a weak, sickly boy who rose to power and controlled gold trade routes in the Kingdom of Mali?
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
King Lalibela
Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali and Sundiata are similar in that they both_______.
controlled important trade routes
connected with European Kings
forced people to convert to Islam
lowered the worth of gold
What affects did Christianity have on Medieval Africa?
It strengthened ties to North Africa and the Mediterranean
It unified Ethiopia
It ruined Islamic economies
It brought European ideals to Africa
Having a trade center with a seaport helped make which Kingdom wealthy?
Axum
Bantu
Guinea
Songhai
What two traditions merged to create the language Geez?
African and Jewish
African and Spanish
Hebrew and Arabic
Arabic and Bantu
_________ created 11 houses of worship carved downward into a mountain.
King Lalibela of Ethiopia
Mansa Musa of Mali
King Lalibela of Axum
Mansa Musa of Songhai
What two traditions merged to create the language Swahili?
African and Jewish
African and Spanish
Jewish and Arabic
Arabic and Bantu
Which are true about Great Zimbabwe?
Names means "house of stones" in Bantu
Valuable copper mines
Traded with people in China
Had trading links to with Coastal cities
Was on the Nile River
Which city was on the Red Sea?
Adulis
Congo
Senegal
Mali
Lineage
Shares a common ancestor
Patrilineal
Kinship ties passed through the father
Matrilineal
Kinship ties passed through the mother
Small medieval African societies used ______ with power shared among ______.
Consensus ; several people
Consensus; all elders
Lineage; only male leaders
lineage; only female leaders
Which Kingdom had an elected king with limited power and traditional laws?
Congo
Axum
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe
Story tellers, historians, and told folk tales
griots
Axum
consensus
matrilineal
Which is NOT true about African Religions?
they were complex with many gods and goddesses
honored the ancestors
strict monotheism
Christianity and islam came to dominate
What were the two major religions in Africa?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Process by which land dries out and becomes desert
desertification
geez
commodity
Patrilineal
