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African Civilization - Part 4
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Q1. What is a city-state?
A. A city that controls many other cities.
B. A city that is also a separate independent state
Q2. Who was the first king of mali
A. Muhammad Ture
B. Sundiata keita
Q3. group of people traveling together
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A. caravan
B. natural resource
C. plateau
Q4. Which of the following kingdoms/empires developed in West Africa? Select 3.
A. Songhai
B. Mali
C. Ghana
D. All of the answers are correct
Q5. Why was Arabic important in Songhai?
A. Everyone spoke it
B. Control foreign empires
C. It was the language of the law
D. All of the above
Q6. Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to Mecca because he was a devout Muslim?
A. True
B. False
Q7. What mountain range is located in the Southern part of Iran?
A. Atlas
B. Taurus
C. Zagros
D. Alps
Q8. Education in African villages was carried out by the family and
A. church
B. the village school
C. other villagers
D. tribal councils
Q9. From A.D. 600, what religion spread from Arabia into Africa?
A. Islam
B. Hinduism
C. Buddhism
D. Christianity
Q10. Which country has been going through a civil war since the 2011 Arab Spring Movement?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Israel
C. Egypt
D. Syria
Q11. What language became the common language used among the many traders of Aksum?
A. Latin
B. Arabic
C. Greek
Q12. Where farming was first daeveloped in the Americas
A. Mesoamerica
B. Alaska
C. Pacific Northwest
D. Appalachia Mountains
Q13. This is the largest desert in the world
A. Kalahari
B. Gobi
C. Mojave
D. Sahara
Q14. To adapt plants and animals from the wild for food, clothing, or transportation
A. domesticate
B. urbanize
C. assimilate
D. curate
Q15. Many African dance rituals celebrated
A. deeds of famous heroes
B. eras of history
C. stages of life
D. the migration of the Bantu
Q16. The Sahara is
A. Africa’s longest river
B. a high mountain range
C. the world’s largest desert
D. an empire in early Africa
Q17. Most African societies believed in many creator Gods.
A. True
B. False
Q18. World’s largest non-polar desert with lack of water and no food.
A. Victoria desert
B. Congo desert
C. Atlas desert
D. Sahara desert
Q19. What river is located in the west of Ghana?
A. The Congo
B. The Niger
C. Nigeria
D. Kenya
Q20. Which of these was a trading center of Zenj?
A. Timbuktu
B. Kilwa
C. Mecca
D. Aksum
Q21. Mali’s location was important because it was near
A. Salt and gold mines
B. The Pacific Ocean
C. The Mediterranean Sea
D. Near forests and caves
Q22. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent nation
A. nationalism
B. autonomy
C. domestication
D. nomadism
Q23. A group of people related by blood or marriage.
A. Clan
B. Bedouin
C. Enclosure
D. Dynasty
Q24. What two uses of iron were the most significant for West Africans
A. Weapons and Chairs
B. Farming tools and Paper
C. Farming tools and weapons
D. Staplers and paperweights
Q25. Which country once controlled the Suez Canal?
A. United State
B. France
C. Spain
D. Great Britain
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