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Beginnings in Africa

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Each of the following was a valuable trade good from West Africa except:

a)

gold

b)

horses

c)

slaves

d)

ivory

2.

What caused the empire of Ghana to fall from power?

a)

diseases decimated the population

b)

the loss of trade

c)

a series of poor leaders

d)

the slave trade

3.

Which of the following accurately reflects the correct chronological order of the West African empires?

a)

Songhai, Mali, Ghana

b)

Songhai, Nubia, Ghana

c)

Nubia, Songhai, Mali

d)

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

4.

How have scholars learned about traditional social and cultural life in West Africa?

a)

by studying hieroglyphics

b)

by examining trade patterns

c)

by researching oral histories

d)

by investigating farming techniques

5.

Which of the following is not an important aspect of traditional West African culture?

a)

warfare

b)

griots

c)

extended families

d)

animism

6.

Which of the following was the capital and center of the ancient Kushite civilization?

a)

Meroe

b)

Nubia

c)

Khartoum

d)

Aksum

7.

There are countries in Africa today with the names of Ghana and Mali.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Many scientists think modern humans first appeared in East Africa about _____________ years ago.

a)

100,000

b)

200,000

c)

300,000

d)

400,000

9.

__________, a famous Greek scholar and traveler, expressed amazement over Egyptian achievements like accurate calendars, record keeping, and mathematics.

a)

Tutankhamun

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Herodotus

d)

Socrates

10.

Over its 1,500-year history, _________________ dynasties ruled ancient Egypt.

a)

twenty-one

b)

twenty-eight

c)

thirty-eight

d)

thirty-one

11.

Which of the following empires grew rich from trade, especially of salt and gold, and from taxes?

a)

Songhai

b)

Nubia

c)

Mali

d)

Ghana

12.

Timbuktu and Djenne became centers of learning in which of the following empires?

a)

Songhai

b)

Nubia

c)

Mali

d)

Ghana

13.

Under Sunni Ali, _____________ became a major empire.

a)

Songhai

b)

Nubia

c)

Mali

d)

Ghana

14.

Swahili culture combined elements of African and _________ life.

a)

Indian

b)

Nubian

c)

Arab

d)

Muslim

15.

Malaysian travelers brought to Africa the banana, the yam, and certain kinds of ________________. These foods were well suited to the area's climate and became staples in the diets of the people who lived there.

a)

coconuts

b)

pineapples

c)

durians

d)

papayas

16.

The people of East Africa traded with cultures across the ___________ Ocean.

a)

Atlantic

b)

Indian

c)

Southern

d)

Pacific

17.

Over many centuries, people from __________ Africa who spoke related languages moved into other parts of the continent in a m movement known as the Bantu Migrations.

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Southern

18.

The city of Great Zimbabwe was a small but advanced culture that demonstrated superior building techniques

a)

True

b)

False