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History, Religious Studies, Geography
6th -
12thgrade
Medieval Africa
46 questions
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What led to more contact with North Africa?
Diamonds
Fish
Gold
Ivory
- 2. Multiple Choice
The storytellers of Africa are known as?
Eloks
Fishers of Men
Galagos
Griots
- 3. Multiple Choice
A tropical grassland is?
Land of Lakes
Sahara
Savannah
Rainforest
- 4. Multiple Choice
Zimbabwe means?
Castles of Awesome
Houses of Stone
Igloos of Cold
Skyscrapers of Height
- 5. Multiple Choice
The kingdom of Ghana is named after who?
Their King
Their Duke
Their Sultan
Their Shah
- 6. Multiple Choice
This group of people brought Islam to West Africa?
Berbers
Chinese
Kongolese
Italians
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which North African group took over Ghana in 1076?
Almoravids
Berbers
Malians
Songhai
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these empires formed where the Kingdom of Ghana use to exist?
Kilwa
Kongo
Mali
Zimbabwe
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which religious figure was Mansa Musa named after?
Abraham
Jesus
Moses
Muhammad
- 10. Multiple Choice
Gold from West Africa influenced what European historic event?
Age of Exploration
Dark Ages
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
- 11. Multiple Choice
In 1324 Mansa Musa did NOT bring this with him on his pilgrimage to Mecca?
80 Camels
300 pounds of Gold
500 Yaks
12,000 Slaves
- 12. Multiple Choice
Between 1000 BC and AD 1100 which group of people migrated throughout Africa?
Bantu
Berbers
Xhosa
Zulu
- 13. Multiple Choice
Great Zimbabwe traded with places as far away as?
Australia
China
Newfoundland
Yucatan
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which European country defeated the Mutapa Empire?
France
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
- 15. Multiple Choice
Benin and Ile-Ife were located in what vegetation zone?
Deserts
Savannah
Rainforsts
Tundra
- 16. Multiple Choice
Ethiopians built churches in the shape of what?
Chickens
Crosses
Moon
Stars of David
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of these African kingdoms did NOT embrace Christianity?
Aksum
Ethiopia
Kilwa
Kongo
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of these empires did NOT embrace Islam?
Ghana
Ife-Ile
Kilwa
Mali
Songhai
- 19. Multiple Choice
Pick these African empires that were religiously Traditional African Religions.
Benin
Ghana
Ile-Ife
Mali
- 20. Multiple Choice
Great Zimbabwe was founded by this group of people?
Shona
Swazils
Xhosa
Zulu
- 21. Multiple Choice
This is a connection among people by blood, marriage or adoption?
Kinship Groups
Labor Specialization
Pilgrimage
Vegetation Zone
- 22. Multiple Choice
When people focus on specific types of work?
Kinship Groups
Labor Specialization
Pilgrimage
Vegetation Zone
- 23. Multiple Choice
This is a region with specific types of plants?
Kinship Groups
Labor Specialization
Pilgrimage
Vegetation Zone
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the large desert that covers North Africa?
Atacama
Mojave
Namib
Sahara
- 25. Multiple Choice
This is the major river of Western Africa?
Mississippi
Niger
Nile
Zambezi
- 26. Multiple Choice
This is the written language that was brought to West Africa by the Berbers?
Arabic
Ge'ez
Niger
Swahili
- 27. Multiple Choice
What city was founded by Sundiata?
Gao
Kumbala
Saint George
Timbuktu
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which city did Mansa Musa take his pilgrimage to?
Jerusalem
Mecca
Medina
Timbuktu
- 29. Multiple Choice
The city of Kilwa was founded by these two groups of people?
Arabs
Ethiopians
Persians
Zimbabweans
- 30. Multiple Choice
What language developed when Arabic and Bantu fused?
Andalusian
Ge'ez
Niger
Swahili
- 31. Multiple Choice
Who was the king of the Kongo that converted to Roman Catholicism?
Alfonso I
Alfredo II
Bazinga
Zinga
- 32. Multiple Choice
The Kingdom of the Kongo declined because of this?
Disease
Environmental Disaster
Slavery
War
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which religious figures do the kings of Ethiopia claim descent from?
Abraham
Jezebel
King Solomon
Queen of Sheba
- 34. Multiple Choice
What artifacts survived from the Benin Empire?
Bronze Plaques
Bronze Statues
Copper Knives
Copper Swords
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which two countries adopted Christianity before the Roman Empire?
Aardvark
Aksum
Andalusia
Armenia
- 36. Multiple Choice
Who was the African queen who fought against the Portuguese over slavery?
A'isha
Nzinga
Queen of Sheba
Theodora
- 37. Multiple Choice
The Ajuran Sultanate was what kind of empire?
Desertification
Landlock
Maritime
Oceanic
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in blue?
Aksum and Ethiopia
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Ile-Ife
Kongo
- 39. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in purple?
Ajuran Sultanate
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Ile-Ife
Kongo
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in gray?
Benin
Great Zimbabwe
Ile-Ife
Kongo
- 41. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in red?
Aksum and Ethiopia
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Great Zimbabwe
Kongo
- 42. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in yellow?
Aksum and Ethiopia
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Great Zimbabwe
Kongo
- 43. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in pink?
Benin
Great Zimbabwe
Ile-Ife
Kongo
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which empire(s) were located in green?
Benin
Great Zimbabwe
Ile-Ife
Kongo
- 45. Multiple Choice
What empire did Sundiata found?
Ghana
Kongo
Mali
Songhai
- 46. Multiple Choice
What North African group destroyed the empire of Songhai?
Ghana
England
Morocco
Zimbabwe
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