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African Civilization - Part 1
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Q1. What geographic feature brought the city of Adulis to become a bustling trade center in the Aksum kingdom?
A. Nile River
B. Red Sea
C. Sahara Desert
D. Suez Canal
Q2. Which of these honors was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not awarded?
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A. Nobel Peace Prize
B. Congressional Gold Medal
C. Presidential Medal of Freedom
D. Freedom Award
Q3. In East Africa, Muslim culture had the most influence on
A. the Kushite people
B. the rulers of Ethiopia
C. the kingdom of Aksum
D. the Swahili city-states
Q4. The West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, & Songhai experienced economic prosperity because they all did what?
A. controlled vast reserves of oil and gold
B. solved tribal conflicts within their empires
C. traded with many other nations
D. maintained highly structured feudal systems
Q5. What do you call the raised but flat region in the interior of Africa?
A. valley
B. peninsula
C. plateau
D. oasis
Q6. In the Empire of Mali, who was Mali’s greatest leader?
A. Mufusa
B. Mansa Musa
C. King Kong
D. Nelson Mandela
Q7. The people of Aksum hadd their own written language called
A. Somali
B. Yoruba
C. Geez
D. Swahili
Q8. According to the chart, which language is represented most in these African countries?
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A. Arabic
B. English
C. French
D. Swahili
Q9. What body of water is shown on the map? It is narrow and separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula (Asia).
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A. Straits of Comoros
B. Red Sea
C. Dead Sea
D. Mediterranean Sea
Q10. Trans-Saharan routes helped move goods throughout
A. Africa
B. Europe
C. Asia
D. Australia
Q11. Who was Marie Daly?
A. Marie Daly worked at NASA.
B. She had six children that also became Chemist.
C. She was the first African American Phd in Chemistry in USA
Q12. a language that means "people of the coast"
A. clan
B. diviners
C. Makkah
D. Swahili
Q13. How was religion used to maintain control over peoples of the Islamic empires?
A. There is no separation between Islamic law and religion; breaking the law is disobeying Allah
B. All peoples of the Islamic Empires were expected to convert to Islam
C. Other religions were eliminated from new territories
D. Religions like Judaism and Christianity were combined to form a new religion
Q14. What is the Arabic word for God?
A. Yahweh
B. Allah
C. Jesus
D. Quran
Q15. What was the Pan-African movement?
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A. A movement that supported colonialism.
B. A movement that supported Apartheid.
C. A movement that supported new farming ideas.
D. A movement that unified African people to push for independence.
Q16. The largest "hot" desert in the world is located in Africa. What is the name of that desert?
A. The Mojave Desert
B. The Gobi Desert
C. The Sahara Desert
D. The Sandy Desert
Q17. Which of these was *not* a major West African trading city?
A. Djenne
B. Gao
C. Timbuktu
D. Taghaza
Q18. Which of the following were contributions made to science and mathematics by Muslim/Islamic Scholars? (PICK THREE)
A. Invented new ways to solve mathematical problems called algebra.
B. Spread the Indian Arabic numbers to Europeans
C. Became interested in chemistry and began to label things as vegetable, animal, and mineral.
D. All of the answers are correct
Q19. Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?
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A. Tony Dungy
B. Fritz Pollard
C. Ray Rhodes
D. Art Shell
Q20. What is this a map of?
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A. Mali
B. India
C. Songhai
D. Japan
Q21. the group responsible for weakening the Ghanaian Empire
A. Almoravids
B. Ghanaians
C. Songhai
D. Morocco
Q22. Where were the Maya located?
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A. A
B. B
C. C
D. None of the above
Q23. Who was an early European explorer to Africa?
A. David Livingstone
B. Cecil Rhodes
C. Shaka Zulu
D. Paul Krueger
Q24. Most of Africa is covered by
A. deserts
B. rainforest
C. plateaus
D. glaciers
Q25. After the Arab conquest, the third group of Arab people to go into Egypt were
A. the Arab army
B. the Arab merchants
C. the Arab religious leaders
D. the Arab migrants
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