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History by, Dagmawe

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Muslim immigrants come to control trade in East Africa?

a)

They used their army to forceful take over trade.

b)

They married local ruling families.

c)

They took control of the gold mines and took control over trade.

d)

They made an alliance with other countries to take over the East African trade in exchange for gold and diamonds.

2.

Where did bantu migrate from?

3.

What was Swahili a blend of?

a)

East African and Arabic Muslim

b)

Roman

c)

Greece

d)

Persius

4.

What did Swahili refer to?

(a)  

5.

How do you think the language of Swahili helped unify East Africans.

a)

Made it easier to communicate with a more common language.

b)

Made trading easier and made it easier to write to others.

c)

Made it easier to talk to other countries.

d)

Made others feel more alike and made friends easier.

6.

What are city states?

a)

City states are states and cities combined.

b)

CIty states are city that have the same name as states.

c)

CIty states control surrounding villages and towns.

d)

CIty states are cities the size of mountains.

7.

What do city states want to control?

a)

City states want to control trade.

b)

City states want to control kingdoms.

c)

CIty states want to control the nile river.

d)

CIty states want to control East Africa.

8.

How did Kilwa become the richest city state in Eastern Africa?

a)

They controlled the main source of diamonds.

b)

They had the main source of gold and controlled over sea trade.

c)

They had the main source of metal and salt.

d)

They had the main source of wood,agriculture, and fresh water.

9.

What did Kilwa do to reinforce their control over gold?

a)

They bought the local kings and rulers.

b)

They sold gold dust instead of gold inguts.

c)

They took Safala's port.

d)

There was a port closer to gold then them.

10.

What happened to East African city states in the 1400's?

a)

They thrived.

b)

There was a drought which stopped trade.

c)

There was a massive sandstorm.

d)

There were dust devils and many camels died.

11.

How did Portugal take control of East Africa?

a)

They used political and direct force.

b)

They traded with East Africa.

c)

They made an agreement with East Africa.

d)

They used their army to control East Africa.