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1
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
2
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
3
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
4
The earliest Bantu migrants were
A)aggressive warriors.
B)hunting and gathering peoples.
C)fishing peoples.
D)agriculturalists.
E)horsemen.
5
The introduction of bananas to Africa
A)had little impact
B)permitted the Kushite people to dominate sub-Saharan Africa.
C)allowed Malay city states to dominate West Africa.
D)permitted the Bantu to expand into heavily forested areas.
E)all of the above
6
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.
7
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
8
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 cowry shells 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
9
The arrival of camels in Africa
A)had little impact.
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.
10
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.
11
As a result of iron metallurgy and the introduction of bananas, sub-Saharan Africa's population rose dramatically between 400 B.C.E. and 1000 C.E.
A)True
B)False
12
Kin based African village societies developed exceptionally complex written legal codes.
A)True
B)False
13
Growing conflict among Bantu communities resulted in the rise of powerful chiefs who established authority over large territories.
A)True
B)False
14
The kingdom of Kongo collapsed as a result of a massive slave revolt.
A)True
B)False
15
Ghana's economy revolved around the trade in spices.
A)True
B)False
16
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 Christian slaves by these two states to other Islamic countries.
D)dramatically transformed the role of women in those cultures.
E)all of the above
17
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.
18
All of the following were Swahili city-states except
A)Sofala, Mogadishu.
B)Mali, Ife.
C)Malindi, Kilwa.
D)Zanzibar, Mozambique.
E)all of the above are Swahili city-states
19
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
20
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)showed him great hospitality.
21
In societies of sub-Sahara Africa
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.
22
After the ninth 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
23
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.
24
Compared with Islam, Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa was
A)largely confined to the region of Ethiopia.
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
25
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.
26
Arab armies overran Ghana in the early thirteenth century and incorporated it into the Arab empire.
A)True
B)False
27
Mali was a major participant in the trans-Sahara trade.
A)True
B)False
28
Mansa Musa lent royal support to Christian missionaries in Mali.
A)True
B)False
29
Swahili city states traded goods from the interior of Africa for goods brought by Muslim merchants from Persia, India and China.
A)True
B)False
30
The Solomonic dynasty of the kingdom of Axum claimed descent from the Israelite kings David and Solomon.
A)True
B)False





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