Question 1

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
"fleets of the desert"

Accepted Answer

The term "fleets of the desert" refers t

Question 2

What role did trade play in the emergence of large kingdoms in West Africa?

Accepted Answer

Trade played a crucial role in the emerg

Question 3

How did Ibn Battuta respond to African customs regarding women? Why did he respond as he did?

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Ibn Battuta responded to African customs

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Bantu

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The term "Bantu" refers to a large and d

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Zagwe churches

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The term "Zagwe churches" refers to a gr

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
patrilinear

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Patrilinear, also known as patrilineal,

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Kilwa

Accepted Answer

Kilwa was a major trading city located o

Question 8

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Nok. 
B)  Axum. 
C)  Kush. 
D)  Berger. 
E)  Malagasy. 
A)  Nok. 
B)  Axum. 
C)  Kush. 
D)  Berger. 
E)  Malagasy.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
mansa

Accepted Answer

The term "Mansa" refers to the title use

Question 10

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Accepted Answer

A)  Kurds. 
B)  Phoenicians. 
C)  Carthaginians. 
D)  Berbers. 
E)  Cree. 
A)  Kurds. 
B)  Phoenicians. 
C)  Carthaginians. 
D)  Berbers. 
E)  Cree.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Axum stelae

Accepted Answer

Axum stelae are tall, carved stone pilla

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Kush

Accepted Answer

Kush was an ancient kingdom located in N

Question 13

What was the ancient kingdom to the South of Egypt called?

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A)  Kush 
B)  Mali 
C)  Kenya 
D)  Ethiopia 
A)  Kush 
B)  Mali 
C)  Kenya 
D)  Ethiopia

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Mogadishu

Accepted Answer

Mogadishu is the capital and largest cit

Question 15

The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  stelae. 
B)  mansa. 
C)  sasa. 
D)  zamani. 
E)  ziggurats. 
A)  stelae. 
B)  mansa. 
C)  sasa. 
D)  zamani. 
E)  ziggurats.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Nok culture

Accepted Answer

The Nok culture refers to an ancient civ

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
matrilinear

Accepted Answer

Matrilineal refers to a system of lineag

Question 18

The major trading cities of East Africa were founded by Bantu-speakers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Music in African societies

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A)  was almost exclusively composed of singing, with supporting instruments rarely used. 
B)  was rarely related to religious activity. 
C)  employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells and the xylophone. 
D)  was exported to the New World in the eleventh century. 
E)  played no role in most communities. 
A)  was almost exclusively composed of singing, with supporting instruments rarely used. 
B)  was rarely related to religious activity. 
C)  employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells and the xylophone. 
D)  was exported to the New World in the eleventh century. 
E)  played no role in most communities.

Question 20

Bronze heads sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

Accepted Answer

A)  Benin. 
B)  Ife. 
C)  Nok. 
D)  San. 
E)  Kongo. 
A)  Benin. 
B)  Ife. 
C)  Nok. 
D)  San. 
E)  Kongo.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "fleets of the desert"

What role did trade play in the emergence of large kingdoms in West Africa?

How did Ibn Battuta respond to African customs regarding women? Why did he respond as he did?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Bantu

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Zagwe churches

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. patrilinear

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Kilwa

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. mansa

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Axum stelae

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Kush

What was the ancient kingdom to the South of Egypt called?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Mogadishu

The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Nok culture

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. matrilinear

The major trading cities of East Africa were founded by Bantu-speakers.

Music in African societies

Bronze heads sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

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Exam 8: Early Civilizations in Africa

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "fleets of the desert"

What role did trade play in the emergence of large kingdoms in West Africa?

How did Ibn Battuta respond to African customs regarding women? Why did he respond as he did?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Bantu

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Zagwe churches

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. patrilinear

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Kilwa

The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. mansa

The people of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Axum stelae

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Kush

What was the ancient kingdom to the South of Egypt called?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Mogadishu

The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Nok culture

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. matrilinear

The major trading cities of East Africa were founded by Bantu-speakers.

Music in African societies

Bronze heads sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

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