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African Civilization - Part 4
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Q1. What language became the common language used among the many traders of Aksum?
A. Latin
B. Arabic
C. Greek
Q2. This is the largest desert in the world
A. Kalahari
B. Gobi
C. Mojave
D. Sahara
Q3. What is a city-state?
A. A city that controls many other cities.
B. A city that is also a separate independent state
Q4. What river is located in the west of Ghana?
A. The Congo
B. The Niger
C. Nigeria
D. Kenya
Q5. Which country once controlled the Suez Canal?
A. United State
B. France
C. Spain
D. Great Britain
Q6. 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
Q7. 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
Q8. What mountain range is located in the Southern part of Iran?
A. Atlas
B. Taurus
C. Zagros
D. Alps
Q9. A group of people related by blood or marriage.
A. Clan
B. Bedouin
C. Enclosure
D. Dynasty
Q10. From A.D. 600, what religion spread from Arabia into Africa?
A. Islam
B. Hinduism
C. Buddhism
D. Christianity
Q11. Education in African villages was carried out by the family and
A. church
B. the village school
C. other villagers
D. tribal councils
Q12. Most African societies believed in many creator Gods.
A. True
B. False
Q13. Where farming was first daeveloped in the Americas
A. Mesoamerica
B. Alaska
C. Pacific Northwest
D. Appalachia Mountains
Q14. To adapt plants and animals from the wild for food, clothing, or transportation
A. domesticate
B. urbanize
C. assimilate
D. curate
Q15. Which of these was a trading center of Zenj?
A. Timbuktu
B. Kilwa
C. Mecca
D. Aksum
Q16. Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to Mecca because he was a devout Muslim?
A. True
B. False
Q17. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent nation
A. nationalism
B. autonomy
C. domestication
D. nomadism
Q18. 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
Q19. Many African dance rituals celebrated
A. deeds of famous heroes
B. eras of history
C. stages of life
D. the migration of the Bantu
Q20. 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
Q21. Who was the first king of mali
A. Muhammad Ture
B. Sundiata keita
Q22. group of people traveling together
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A. caravan
B. natural resource
C. plateau
Q23. 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
Q24. Which country has been going through a civil war since the 2011 Arab Spring Movement?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Israel
C. Egypt
D. Syria
Q25. 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
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