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• 1 - Quiz

  The Sahara Desert covers most of

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  All of Africa

  Northern Africa

  Central Africa

  Southern Africa

• 2 - Quiz

  Much of Africa, including the Ghana Empire traced their ancestors in which way?

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  Matrilineal

  Patrilineal

• 3 - Quiz

  The most deadly critter in much of Africa is the

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  Mosquito

  Horse Fly

  Tse Tse fly

  Monkey fly

• 4 - Quiz

  Is this a Push or a Pull factor of Migration?- Unemployment, slavery, religious persecution.

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  push

  pull

• 5 - Quiz

  If I were a Berber trader, what city would I go through from Fez (Morocco) to Timbuktu (Mali)?

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  Gao

  Djenne Djeno

  Taghaza

  Kombi Saleh

• 6 - True or false

  The Songhai was the last major empire of west Africa and eventually taken over by Moroccans, leading to its decline

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  True

  False

• 7 - True or false

  Nala is the Swahili word for Friend

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  True

  False

• 8 - True or false

  Christians conquered vast territories in Northern Africa in the 700's - 1100's?

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  True

  False

• 9 - Quiz

  The Sonkina word for "War Chief" is

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  Mali

  Ghana

  Songhai

  Bantu

• 10 - Quiz

  The word, "Bantu" literally means

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  Human

  Language

  Iron working

  Forest

• 11 - Quiz

  What did the Nok, Djenné-Djeno, and Bantu-speaking people have in common with one another?

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  They all had a common ancestor

  They all had iron working skills.

  They all were hunters and gatherers.

  They all frequently invaded their neighbors.

• 12 - Quiz

  How did agriculture change the way early Africans lived?

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  People became more nomadic

  They began to migrate to other areas

  They became more reliant on hunting and gathering

  population began to grow and permanent villages developed

• 13 - Quiz

  The Trans-Sahara trade route was most known for trading

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  Amber and Spices

  Salt and Pepper

  Gold and Salt

  Gold and Silk

• 14 - Quiz

  What was the main tradingitem from the rainforest region of Wangara in West Africa

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  Gold

  Salt

  Amber

  Porcelain

• 15 - Quiz

  Nzinga of Ndongo fought which group of Europeans?

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  British

  Germans

  Portuguese

  French

• 16 - Quiz

  Which of the following is NOT a kingdom of West Africa

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  Mali

  Aksum

  Ghana

  Songhai

• 17 - Quiz

  Which of the following is NOT a kingdom in East Africa

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  Kush

  KIlwa

  Axum

  Nok

• 18 - Quiz

  This Kingdom was the first Christian Kingdom in Eastern Africa

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  Ghana

  Zimbabwe

  Aksum

  Mali

• 19 - Quiz

  Timbuktu was a thriving city known for

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  Trade

  Mosques

  Universities

  All of these

• 20 - Quiz

  Which of the following Kingdoms would have used the Red Sea and the Nile River to transport goods?

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  Ghana

  Zimbabwe

  Aksum

  Mali

• 21 - Quiz

  Ghana, Mali, and Songhai developed along this river

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  Zambezi

  Limpopo

  Nile

  Niger

• 22 - Quiz

  Mansa Musa King of Mali traveled across N. Africa took a Hajj to Mecca- what religion was he?

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  Animism

  Islam

  Christian

  Polytheistic

• 23 - Quiz

  The Great Zimbabwe built walls

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  with cement

  with bricks

  without mortar

  with wood

• 24 - Quiz

  When Muslims took over the city of Adulis, this Kingdom's Trade influnce was cut off.

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  Aksum

  Kush

  Zimbabwe

  Songhai

• 25 - True or false

  Historians know why the Great Zimbabwe was abandoned

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  True

  False

• 26 - Quiz

  What is the order of the West African Kingdoms from earliest to most recent

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  Ghana, Songhai, Mali

  Mali, Ghana, Songhai

  Songhai, Ghana, Mali

  Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• 27 - Quiz

  What was the mode of transportation through the Sarhara?

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  Oceans

  Roads

  Camels

  Boats

• 28 - Quiz

  Which East African Kingdom is located in modern day Ethiopia?

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  Kush/Nubia

  Aksum

  Zimbabwe

  Songhai

• 29 - Quiz

  Which climate would you find Trees, tall grassland, Lions, Giraffes, gazelles, etc.

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  Sahel

  Savanna

  Steppe

  Rainforest

• 30 - Quiz

  The tallest Mountain in Africa is

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  Mt. Everest

  Mt. Victoria

  Mt. Kilimanjaro

  There ain't no mountains in Africa!

• 31 - Quiz

  This culture lives in modern day Tanzania and Kenya and is known for their pastoral ways (and vertical jumping)

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  Massai

  Axum

  Bantu

  Khoisan San

• 32 - Quiz

  Which Songhai leader created a navy on the Niger and expanded the Songhai empire to its greatest extent?

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  Mansa Musa

  Sunni Ali

  Askia Muhammad

  Ibn Battuta

• 33 - Quiz

  What culture largely influnced the Southern and East Coast of Africa?

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  Nok

  San Bushmen

  Mbuti

  Bantu

• 34 - Quiz

  The Yoruba believe that the earth was formed with sand and a

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  cat

  Chicken

  Camel

  Monkey

• 35 - Quiz

  What city of Mali developed Islamic learning centers?

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  Timbuktu

  Great Zimbabwe

  Kush

  Ghana

• 36 - Quiz

  In Eastern Africa, what language developed from Bantu with the traders of the Coast?

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  Arabic

  Hindi

  Swahili

  Hebrew

• 37 - Quiz

  What ocean did the Great Zimbabwe use for trading with Asian countries?

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  Atlantic

  Indian

  Pacific

  Antarctica

• 38 - Quiz

  Early African Kingdoms believed in this religion-belief that all things have a spirit

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  Islam

  Animism

  Polytheism

  Monotheism

• 39 - Quiz

  The Voodoo religion developed from which culture near the delta region of modern day Nigeria?

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  Ghana

  Yoruba

  Benin

  Mali

• 40 - Quiz

  what is a caravan?

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  a group of merchants and camels crossing the desert

  a north African family of nomads

  a port city that engages in trading

  a clan of people living in the mountains

• 41 - Quiz

  Who are Berbers???

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  They are Islamic traders from North Africa who controled the salt trade

  Islamic traders who converted to Christianity and settled in Spain

  An ethnic group from Italy who settled in Spain

  A group from Europe who traveled to Northern Africa

• 42 - Quiz

  Who is Sundiata?

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  Founder of the Empire of Ghana

  Founder of the empire of Nigeria

  Founder of the Empire of Mali

  None of the above

• 43 - Quiz

  Who was the wealthiest man of all time?

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  Bill Gates

  Mansa Musa

  Jay Z

  Mr. Appel

• 44 - Quiz

  What is a griot?

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  It is a person who tells stories through generations by an oral tradition.

  It is another name for a drummer, who teaches music.

  It is a specific type of song, that is taught through an oral tradition.

  local religious leader in the West African country of Mali

• 45 - True or false

  Africa has a rich history and should be studied.

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  True

  False

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