Ancient Africa

Beschreibung

This quiz is about ancient African civilizations and the vocab associated with them.
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

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The process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly is known as:
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  • Trade
  • Brokering
  • Silent Barter
  • Haggling

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This group of people from the Niger river basin were the initial founders of the kingdom of Ghana.
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  • Soninke
  • Bantu
  • Malians
  • Berbers

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The capital of the Ghana empire was:
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  • Gao
  • Koumbi Saleh
  • Timbuktu
  • Axum

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Ghana gained its power due to its strategic location on trade routes. Most of the revenue came from control of these two resources...
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  • Gold and Silver
  • Iron and Gold
  • Iron and Salt
  • Gold and Salt

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The height of Ghana's power came under this leader.
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  • Tunka Manin
  • Mansa Musa
  • Sunni Ali
  • Askia Muhammad

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In Ghana, only the king was allowed to own gold nuggets.
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  • True
  • False

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The people of Ghana used gold dust as currency.
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  • True
  • False

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In Ghana, nephews, not sons, had first claim to the throne of a deceased or departed king.
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  • True
  • False

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Invasion by the Berbers of North Africa was a factor in the collapse of the Ghanaian Kingdom.
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  • True
  • False

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Overgrazing by herds of animals by invaders was a factor in the decline of the Ghanaian Kingdom.
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  • True
  • False

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Because of the use of iron tools, Ghana rose as a society as it allowed the people to settle down, plant crops, and increase the population.
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  • True
  • False

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The kings of Ghana governed without laws, instead using the army to enforce their wishes.
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  • True
  • False

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This man was the founder of the Malian empire.
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  • Mansa Musa
  • Sundiata Keita
  • Askia Muhammad
  • Sunni Ali

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Mali is the __________ version of the word "Mandinka".
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  • Bantu
  • Swahili
  • Arab
  • Islam

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Mali built its power off of the trade of this:
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  • Gold and Silver
  • Iron and Gold
  • Iron and Salt
  • Gold and Salt

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Mansa Musa spent so much gold in Cairo on his journey to Mecca that he devalued the Egyptian currency for a decade.
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  • True
  • False

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Mansa Musa built a university in Timbuktu that lasted the duration of that empire but ended when Songhai came to power.
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  • True
  • False

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On his journey to Mecca, Mansa Musa spent on his journey what would be the equivalent of $100 million dollars today.
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  • True
  • False

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"Mansa" means "Holy one".
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  • True
  • False

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Mansa Musa was harsh against any religion that wasn't Islam.
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  • True
  • False

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This man was the founder of the Songhai empire.
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  • Mansa Musa
  • Sundiata Keita
  • Askia Muhammad
  • Sunni Ali

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The Songhai empire reached the height of its power under this man.
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  • Muhammad Ture
  • Sundiata Keita
  • Askia Muhammad
  • Sunni Ali

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The capital of the Songhai empire was:
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  • Gao
  • Koumbi Saleh
  • Timbuktu
  • Axum

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This man, a devout Muslim who expanded his power base by alliances and standardized weights and measures, seized control of the Songhai empire from the original king after his death even though he was not in line to do so.
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  • Muhammad Ture
  • Sundiata Keita
  • Askia Muhammad
  • Sunni Ali

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Even though it was not the Songhai capital, Timbuktu was a center of trade for the empire.
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  • True
  • False

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Sunni Ali was a kind and fair king.
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  • True
  • False

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The Sultan of Tunisia invaded Songhai to quickly gain riches.
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  • True
  • False

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Songhai's last stand to save the empire was undone by cows.
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  • True
  • False

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In East Africa, empires grew as these people migrated to the area in the first millennium BCE.
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  • Arabs
  • Bantu
  • Berbers
  • Christians

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The Swahili language is a mix of Arabic and _________.
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  • Ghanaian
  • Malian
  • Bantu
  • Arabic

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Select the empire this term relates to: Mansa Musa.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

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Select the empire this term relates to: Sunni Ali.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

Frage 33

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Select the empire this term relates to: Ezana.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

Frage 34

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Select the empire this term relates to: Christianity.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

Frage 35

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Select the empire this term relates to: Timbuktu.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

Frage 36

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Select the empire this term relates to: Gao
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

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Select the empire this term relates to: Askia Muhammad.
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  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

Frage 38

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Select the empire this term relates to: The hajj
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

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Select the empire this term relates to: Soninke.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum

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Select the empire this term relates to: Sundiata Keita.
Antworten
  • Mali
  • Songhai
  • Ghana
  • Axum
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