Ch3 Test

Question 1

What is the Savannah?

Answer 1

A flat grassland in Africa

Question 2

A Clan is ______?

Answer 2

where they include everyone who could trace his ancestry to a common relative

Question 3

A Tribe is _______?

Answer 3

where two or more Africans clans live together and sharing a common language , belief, and customs

Question 4

What is Swahili

Answer 4

it is a common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa

Question 5

The Greeks gave Aksum and all the territory below it what name?

Answer 5

Ethiopia

Question 6

Ho is frumentius

Answer 6

He was a slave ho rose in favor with the king and introduce Coptic Christianity to the people

Question 7

Who was Musa?

Answer 7

The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca

Question 8

Suni Ali struggled to maintain this city

Answer 8

Timbuktu

Question 9

What is a name for Western Africa that derives from the gold trade that occurred at its coast

Answer 9

Gold Coast

Question 10

What is Zimbabwe

Answer 10

The city of great Zimbabwe was established on the Zimbabwe plateau near the sabi river

Question 11

Kilwa is known as __________?

Answer 11

One of the finest and most substantially built towns

Question 12

River that borders Zimbabwe’s empire?

Answer 12

Zambezi River

Question 13

The supreme Being of the Kikuyu people is _________?

Answer 13

Magi

Question 14

“One of the finest and most substantially built towns”

Answer 14

Kilwa

Question 15

Common trade language along the eastern coast of Africa is __________

Answer 15

Swahili

Question 16

The title of the king of Mali; it means ruler?

Answer 16

Mansa

Question 17

Who founded the kingdom of Mali?

Answer 17

Sunjata

Question 18

Modern town on Somalia’s eastern coast.

Answer 18

Mogadishu

Question 19

Ethiopian king who became a Coptic Christian.

Answer 19

Ezana

Question 20

Kilwa engaged in jihad against what people?

Answer 20

Zinji

Question 21

The Mali king who brought gold to Mecca?

Answer 21

Musa

Question 22

Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?

Answer 22

Islam

Question 23

Major businesses in eastern Africa centered around what three commodities?

Answer 23

Ivory
Precious stone
Slaves

Question 24

What has been the imperial title of the Ethiopian rulers?

Answer 24

“The conquering Lion of the tribe of Judah”

Question 25

Coptic Christians regarded Menelik is considered the offspring of ______ ?

Answer 25

Solomon

Question 26

Maze is a bother name for

Answer 26

Corn

Question 27

What large body of water is located to the north of the content of Africa

Answer 27

Mediterranean Sea

Question 28

Swahili is composed of words from what 3 different languages

Answer 28

Bantue,English,Arabic

Question 29

What is the Sahara

Answer 29

It is a desert that covers most of North Africa

Question 30

Name 2 rivers located in east Africa

Answer 30

Zambezi river and Limpopo river

Question 30

What is the Common name for camels ?

Answer 30

Ships in the desert

Question 30

Speakers of the Bantu language live along the coast of what body of water

Answer 30

Indian Ocean

Question 30

True or False: The Sahel is a large strip of land between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 30

False

Question 30

True or False: In Africa live stocks served as a sine of wealth and prosperity

Answer 30

True

Question 30

True or False: An African colter the family was the most important element of traditional African culture

Answer 30

True

Question 30

True or False: Most African regions did not promote belief in a supreme being

Answer 30

False

Question 30

True or False: Several unusual churches at Lalibela were made by carving into rock at ground level.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

True or False: Timbuktu never developed a large population.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

True or False: The empire Of Dona became prosperous partly because of its gold and felt trading.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or False: African empire built advanced cities during Europes dark ages.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or False: Arabic became widely adopted in Northern Africa due to the spread of Islam.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

What material did African's forage into tools and use as a form of money?

Answer 35

Iron

Question 36

The kingdom of Kush was located on the Nile River between Egypt and _________?

Answer 36

Ethiopia

Question 37

West African's were among the first to use what animal for desert travel?

Answer 37

Camel

Question 38

What large city was built near the Sabi river and means "great house of stone".

Answer 38

Zimbabwe

Question 39

Name two west African trading items

Answer 39

Iron Gold Cotton cloth Spices

Question 40

The abundance of gold mined on the coast of west Africa near the Gulf of Guine lead the Europeans to refer to this area as the ________?

Answer 40

Gold Coast

Question 41

The Muslims of Kilwa engaged in what against the people?

Answer 41

Jihad