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Chapter 6 - Africa and the Slave Trade

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In Africa, livestock served as a sign of wealth and prosperity.
a)
True
b)
False
2.

African clans were composed of two or more tribes.

a)
True
b)
False
3.
Islam spread to western Africa by way of Muslim traders.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
A sultanate is an Islamic kingdom.
a)
True
b)
False
5.

Muslim missionaries had great success south of the Sahel.

a)
True
b)
False
6.
The Ethiopian Christian kingdom survived an onslaught of Islamic invaders.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Swahili is composed of words from all of the following languages except
a)
Arabic
b)
Bantu
c)
English
d)
Japanese
8.
Portuguese first bought slaves to grow what crop on the island of Madeira?
a)
indigo
b)
cotton
c)
sugar
d)
tobacco
9.
Who kidnapped European women and put them into slavery?
a)
Swahili traders
b)
conquistadors
c)
the Portuguese
d)
Barbary pirates
10.
Why did the Arabs not use large groups of slaves on plantations?
a)
Slaves had organized revolts.
b)
The Arabs did not have plantations.
c)
Disease was common on plantations.
d)
The Arabs did not practice slavery.
11.
The Egypt Eyalet was what Egypt was called when ruled by ___________
a)
the Pharoahs
b)
the Ottoman Empire
c)
the Mamluks
d)
the British
12.
The Christian kingdom that ruled Ethiopia was called
a)
the Davidic dynasty
b)
the Solomonic dynasty
c)
the Messianic dynasty
d)
the Mosaic dynasty
13.
The Coptic Church had similar beliefs to the __________ in regard to Christ's nature
a)
Catholic church
b)
Nestorian church
c)
Baptist church
d)
Anglican church
14.
The Kongolese allied with these Europeans to maintain their independence.
a)
the Portuguese
b)
the Spanish
c)
the English
d)
the Dutch
15.
Ethiopian law was based on _____________
a)
Roman law
b)
tribal law
c)
principles found in in the Bible
d)
Greek law
16.
This kingdom initially blocked the spread of Islam to the south.
a)
Nubia
b)
Kongo
c)
Morocco
d)
Egypt
17.
Give the term for a group of traders with camels that traveled from oasis to oasis in order to survive the journey across the Sahara
a)
caravan
b)
Swahili
c)
Dum Diversas
d)
camel
e)
griots
18.
What was the most important tool for traders to cross the Sahara?
a)
camel
b)
Swahili
c)
caravan
d)
Dum Diversas
e)
griots
19.
This name means "one who is owned"
a)
Mamluk
b)
Swahili
c)
caravan
d)
Dum Diversas
e)
camel
20.
What common trade language was spoken along the eastern coast of Africa?
a)
Swahili
b)
caravan
c)
Dum Diversas
d)
camel
e)
griots
21.
What were African storytellers called?
a)
griots
b)
Swahili
c)
caravan
d)
Dum Diversas
e)
camel
22.
This was the pope’s declaration that gave authority to put unbelievers in perpetual servitude.
a)
Dum Diversas
b)
Swahili
c)
caravan
d)
camel
e)
griots
23.
Why did Africans sell other Africans?
a)

to grow their tribes

b)

to weaken rival tribes

c)

to gain profit

d)

to get rid of disease

24.

Who a person who is owned by another and forced to obey an owner

a)

indentured servant

b)

servant

c)

slave

25.
Arabs pushed these people out of power in Morocco?
a)
Berbers
b)

Kongolese

c)

Africans

d)

Portuguese

26.

Which items were traded in West Africa?

a)

Cotton

b)

Cloth

c)

Coconuts

d)

Gold

e)

Iron

27.

Letter A

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Sahara

c)

Nile River

d)

Indian Ocean

28.

Letter B

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Sahara

c)

Nile River

d)

Sahel

29.

Letter C

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Nile River

d)

Sahel

30.

Letter D

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

31.

Letter E

a)

Morocco

b)

Sahara

c)

Kongo

d)

Ethiopia

32.

Letter F

a)

Morocco

b)

Sahara

c)

Kongo

d)

Ethiopia

33.

Letter G

a)

Morocco

b)

Sahara

c)

Kongo

d)

Ethiopia

34.

Letter H

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Kongo

d)

Ethiopia

35.

Letter I

a)

Mediterrean Sea

b)

Sahel

c)

Red Sea

d)

Nile River

36.

Letter J

a)

Mediterrean Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Nile River

37.

the kingdom that was known for its stone buildings

a)

Nubia

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Kongo

d)

Morocco

38.

present-day Sudan

a)

Nubia

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Kongo

d)

Morocco

39.

Its capital was Mbanza, and its most important king was Afonso.

a)

Nubia

b)

Egypt

c)

Kongo

d)

Morocco

40.

ruled by the Mamluks

a)

Nubia

b)

Egypt

c)

Kongo

d)

Morocco

41.

This was the most powerful kingdom in Northwest Africa

a)

Nubia

b)

Egypt

c)

Kongo

d)

Morocco

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