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AFRICAN KINGDOMS

AFRICAN KINGDOMS. Chapter 7 World History/Geography. TRUE OR FALSE? Kush declined because of the rise of Axum. True. TRUE OR FALSE? Axum had peaceful relations with its Muslim neighbors for hundreds of years. True. What was the first great West African trading state?. Ghana.

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AFRICAN KINGDOMS

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  1. AFRICAN KINGDOMS Chapter 7 World History/Geography

  2. TRUE OR FALSE? Kush declined because of the rise of Axum.

  3. True.

  4. TRUE OR FALSE? Axum had peaceful relations with its Muslim neighbors for hundreds of years.

  5. True

  6. What was the first great West African trading state?

  7. Ghana.

  8. Songhai was invaded by the forces of the sultan of what country?

  9. Morocco

  10. TRUE OR FALSE? Women were the dominant force in African village life.

  11. FALSE.

  12. TRUE OR FALSE? Swahili was a mixture of Bantu and Indian.

  13. FALSE.

  14. After ____, Africa is the largest of the continents. • Asia • Europe • North American • South America

  15. A. Asia

  16. Axum owed much of its prosperity to • King Zambezi • Its water • Its export of bananas • Its location along the Red Sea

  17. D. Its location along the Red Sea

  18. The Berber camel caravans became known as • “thirsty people” • “fleets of the desert” • “masters of the sand” • “backbone of trade”

  19. B. “fleets of the desert”

  20. Mali was established by this ruler.

  21. Sundiata Keita

  22. Descent was traced through the mother.

  23. Matrilineal

  24. A ____is a group of independent villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head. • Renegade society • Kilwa • Stateless society • Bantu

  25. C. Stateless society

  26. The Bantu communities were based on • Subsistence farming which meant they grew crops for personal use, not for trade. • The transport of goods by camel caravans across the deserts between trading cultures. • Gold mining • The fundamentals of Christianity, which they learned from shipwrecked Syrian sailors.

  27. A. Subsistence farming

  28. The ___is the largest desert on Earth.

  29. Sahara

  30. What was the official religion of Axum?

  31. Christianity

  32. The people of Ghana often traded their gold for • Iron, • Salt, • Camels, • peanuts

  33. B. salt

  34. Islam was slow to spread in East Africa because • Most of the cultures there lacked a written language • Many of Islam’s beliefs conflicted with traditional African beliefs and customs. • Few Muslim traders could speak Arabic • Those who tried to convert Africans to Islam were often thought to be evil and were killed

  35. B. Conflicted with traditional African beliefs and customs.

  36. Axum was founded as a colony of • Persians • Arabs • Phoenicians • Romans

  37. B. Arabs

  38. The language family of farming peoples who moved east was • Bantu • Swahili • Kilwa • Ghana

  39. A. Bantu

  40. All of the following are eastern African port cities EXCEPT • Mogadishu • Mombasa • Timbuktu • Kilwa

  41. C. Timbuktu

  42. From about 1300 to 1450, the most powerful state in southern Africa was • Zimbabwe • Timbuktu • Bantu • Ghana

  43. A. Zimbabwe

  44. What modern state in Africa was home to the Axum civilization?

  45. Ethiopia

  46. Who conquered the Kush in 663 B.C.E?

  47. The Assyrians

  48. What city in western Africa was recognized as one of the intellectual capitals of the Muslim world?

  49. Timbuktu

  50. Which of the following was not considered an accomplishment of Mansa Musa? • He defeated the son of Sunni Ali • He doubled the size of the kingdom. • He created a strong central government • He divided the kingdom into provinces ruled by governors whom he appointed.

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