Chapter 5 Test Name:

Hour:

Fill in the Blank

1. The shore of the desert is called the ______________ and is home to the empires

of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai.

2. The triangular shaped, fertile land at the mouth of a river is called _________ and

was the site of Jenne-Jeno.

3. ___________ was traded for gold in equal proportions.

4. ________________ is succession from father to son while…

5. _______________ is when succession is traced through females.

6. History and stories are passed on by _____________.

7. A ____________ is a short phrase of saying that tells a moral and can be found in

every culture.

8. African religions included _____________ who were able to speak with the gods

and spirits.

9. Family relationships, or ___________ was the basis of social and political life for

many clans.

10. _____________________ in which family members of the past are honored was

popular in many villages.

Short Answer

11. How did Middle-East merchants influence West Africa? ___________________

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12. Who was Mansa Musa and why is he important? __________________________

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13. How could one become a slave and what rules governed the practice? _________

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14. Describe the climate of Africa. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. Compare and contrast Mansa Musa and Askia Muhammad __________________

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16. Tell me about the Niger River _________________________________________

Chapter 6 Quiz Name:

Hour:

1. To study people through their languages

1. Ethnography

2. Ethnolinguistics

3. Linguistics

4. Languagerphy

2. These are a group of languages with a common root language in Africa

1. Bantu

2. Portuguese

3. Romantic

4. Swahili

3. Seasonal winds are called

1. Kamikaze

2. Tsunami

3. Divine Wind

4. Monsoon

4. Zimbabwe means

1. House of Stone

2. Rolling Stones

3. Shona people

4. Hello in Swahili

5. This elevated, flat land was ideal for 2 of our civilizations

1. Currency

2. Missionary

3. Plateau

4. Rivers

6. Missionaries had a goal of…

1. Teaching Christianity

2. Getting Gold

3. Buying Slaves

4. Trading salt for gold

7. Currency in Kongo before the Portuguese was

1. Salt

2. Gold

3. Shells

4. Cows

8. The crop that the Portuguese began to grow on Sao Tome that required many workers was

1. Salt

2. Gold

3. Bananas

4. Sugar

9. The Kingdom that sold many slaves to Portugal, even after their king asked the trade to be stopped was

1. Mali

2. Zimbabwe

3. Kongo

4. Swahili

10. What African society can we study because they have stone ruins left behind?

1. Zimbabwe

2. Kongo

3. Swahili

4. Ghana

Please write the kingdom’s name that is described, if it describes all, write “ALL”

Kongo Zimbabwe Swahili All 3

11. The king became friends with the king of Portugal ________________________

12. Portugal tried to get gold from __________________________

13. A Bantu culture and language ___________________________

14. Language and culture was blended with Arabic ________________________

15. Trade was important ___________________________

16. Did not have gold ___________________________

17. Portugal destroyed their trade and society ______________________

18. Built on a plateau near great gold mines ________________________

19. Built near water-ways _____________________________

20. Monsoons helped trade ____________________________

Short Answer

21. How did the Portuguese help develop the slave trade?

22. How did monsoons help trade and change east Africa’s culture?

23. Why is it difficult to study African history, but how can we?

24. What were some ways that East African societies were similar to the West African cultures from chapter 5?

25. Explain the similarities of each culture’s relationship with the Portuguese.