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The remarkable oral tradition of sub-Saharan Africa was preserved primarily by |
| | A) | Muslim African scholars. |
| | B) | professional singers and griots. |
| | C) | village chiefs and diviners. |
| | D) | women. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The story of Sundiata was about |
| | A) | the heroic deeds of the lion prince in establishing the Mali empire. |
| | B) | the misery of slaves captured and traded in the Mediterranean basin network. |
| | C) | the coming of Islam as a dominant faith in sub-Saharan societies. |
| | D) | the rise of the Swahili city-states. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Trade and communications networks were slower to penetrate sub-Saharan Africa compared to other regions because |
| | A) | Africans had little contact with each other. |
| | B) | Africans did not have any goods that others wanted to trade for. |
| | C) | there was a language barrier. |
| | D) | there were formidable geographic barriers to overcome. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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The earliest Bantu migrants were |
| | A) | aggressive warriors. |
| | B) | hunting and gathering peoples. |
| | C) | fishing peoples. |
| | D) | agriculturalists. |
| | E) | horsemen. |
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All of the following stimulated African migrations except |
| | A) | iron metallurgy. |
| | B) | bubonic plague. |
| | C) | bananas. |
| | D) | population pressure. |
| | E) | agriculture. |
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Before the tenth century, the dominant form of social organization in sub-Saharan Africa was the |
| | A) | city-state. |
| | B) | empire. |
| | C) | kin-based system. |
| | D) | kingdom. |
| | E) | theocracy. |
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Which of the following statements typically describes a kin-based society? |
| | A) | Male heads of families presided over village affairs. |
| | B) | The most prominent of the family heads acted as chief. |
| | C) | A group of villages constituted a district. |
| | D) | Ethnic loyalties were focused at the district level. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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The kingdom of Kongo |
| | A) | emerged as a powerful state through trading with Muslim merchants of north Africa. |
| | B) | maintained a royal currency system based on cowries from the Indian Ocean. |
| | C) | was a loosely organized government with little authority over officials. |
| | D) | was destroyed by the expansion of the Swahili. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The arrival of camels in Africa |
| | A) | made communication across the Sahara possible. |
| | B) | quickened the pace of communication across the Sahara. |
| | C) | replaced elephants as the preferred transport animals throughout the Sahara. |
| | D) | still made travel across the Saharan impossible. |
| | E) | is unknown because they have always been there. |
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Koumbi-Saleh was to the kingdom of Ghana as |
| | A) | Mansa Musa was to the Mali empire. |
| | B) | Niani was to the Mali empire. |
| | C) | Sundiata was to the Mali empire. |
| | D) | Zaire was to the Kongo. |
| | E) | Axum was to the Christians. |
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The conversion to Islam of rulers of the kingdom of Ghana and the Mali empire |
| | A) | stimulated commercial relations with Muslim merchants. |
| | B) | meant that Islamic faith was imposed forcibly on their entire societies. |
| | C) | facilitated the export of Muslim African slaves by these two states to other Islamic countries. |
| | D) | transformed the role of women in those cultures. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Swahili |
| | A) | was an Arabic language. |
| | B) | refers to the peoples of the east African coast. |
| | C) | refers to the slave traders of Africa. |
| | D) | is a dead language. |
| | E) | was the language of the Mali empire. |
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All of the following were Swahili city-states except |
| | A) | Sofala, Mogadishu. |
| | B) | Zimbabwe, Ife. |
| | C) | Malindi, Kilwa. |
| | D) | Zanzibar, Mozambique. |
| | E) | All of the above are Swahili city-states. |
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Great Zimbabwe was |
| | A) | a powerful guild of gold merchants. |
| | B) | the king of an empire. |
| | C) | an anti-Islamic organization of Zimbabwe. |
| | D) | a capital city built of stone. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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According to Ibn Battuta, Mogadishu |
| | A) | had only hunters, gatherers, and fishers. |
| | B) | was a large, inland, overland trade city. |
| | C) | had not yet converted to Islam. |
| | D) | was hostile to strangers. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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In societies of the sub-Sahara, |
| | A) | slaves did not exist. |
| | B) | private ownership of land did not exist. |
| | C) | gender differentiation did not exist. |
| | D) | war did not exist. |
| | E) | currency did not exist. |
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After the eleventh century, the slave trade became increasingly important in Africa because |
| | A) | demand for slaves in foreign markets outstripped the supply. |
| | B) | a population explosion created a ready surplus. |
| | C) | slaves were needed on the other side of the Atlantic. |
| | D) | Africans readily sold their children into slavery. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Unlike many other religions, African religion |
| | A) | did not concern itself with morality and proper behavior. |
| | B) | did not concern itself with matters of theology. |
| | C) | did not concern itself with world order. |
| | D) | did not worship a creator god. |
| | E) | did not include religious specialists in society. |
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Compared with Islam, Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa was |
| | A) | located in a much smaller region. |
| | B) | equally important. |
| | C) | more true to original Christian theology than African Islam was to original Islamic theology. |
| | D) | had little to do with merchants or missionaries. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Upon adopting Islamic faith, African women |
| | A) | were increasingly confined in their social and economic activities. |
| | B) | did not experience much change in their social status. |
| | C) | enjoyed higher honor than before. |
| | D) | took the veil. |
| | E) | no longer could talk to men in public. |
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